Travels in America Performed in 1806: For the Purpose of Exploring the Rivers Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio, and Mississippi, and Ascertaining the Produce and Condition of Their Banks and Vicinity, Volume 1R. Phillips, 1994 - Mississippi River Valley |
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... road from Philadelphia to Lexington in Ken- tucky , seven hundred miles - uccommodations on the road- enchanting valley and creeks - their origin - history of the first settlement of Cooandanaga by Irish emigrants - its judicious ...
... road from Philadelphia to Lexington in Ken- tucky , seven hundred miles - uccommodations on the road- enchanting valley and creeks - their origin - history of the first settlement of Cooandanaga by Irish emigrants - its judicious ...
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... road to be mountainous and stony , I preferred travelling on horseback to going in a stage - coach , that is seven or eight days on the road ; and the fare in which , for the whole journey , is twenty - four dollars . The first sixty ...
... road to be mountainous and stony , I preferred travelling on horseback to going in a stage - coach , that is seven or eight days on the road ; and the fare in which , for the whole journey , is twenty - four dollars . The first sixty ...
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... roads , and frightful precipices : I drove my horse before me most of the dis- tance . On the evening of the third , about dusk , I arrived at the tavern where I meant to repose : it was a miserable log - house , filled with cini ...
... roads , and frightful precipices : I drove my horse before me most of the dis- tance . On the evening of the third , about dusk , I arrived at the tavern where I meant to repose : it was a miserable log - house , filled with cini ...
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