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" Would to God we may have wisdom enough to improve them. I shall not rest contented, till I have explored the western country, and traversed those lines, or great part of them, which have given bounds to a new empire. "
Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York: Embracing Some ... - Page 616
by Orsamus Turner - 1849 - 666 pages
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The Old New York Frontier: Its Wars with Indians and Tories, Its Missionary ...

Francis Whiting Halsey - History - 1901 - 490 pages
...immense diffusion and importance of it, and with the goodness of that providence which has dealt her favors to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God we may have wisdom enough to improve them. To Middlefield soon returned former settlers, and to Springfield several of those who had seen their...
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Life and Times of Washington, Volume 4

John Frederick Schroeder - Presidents - 1903 - 566 pages
...Ontario. I then traversed the country to the head of the eastern branch of the Susquehanna and viewed the lake Otsego and the portage between that lake and...the western country and traversed those lines (or great part of them) which have given bounds to a new empire." The journey here referred to was performed...
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Life and Times of Washington, Volume 4

John Frederick Schroeder - 1903 - 574 pages
...Ontario. I then traversed the country to the head of the eastern branch of the Susquehanna and viewed the lake Otsego and the portage between that lake and...may have wisdom enough to improve them. I shall not re^t contented until I have explored the western country and traversed those lines (or great part of...
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The Great American Canals, Volume 13

Archer Butler Hulbert - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.) - 1904 - 254 pages
...immense extent and importance of it, and with the goodness of that Providence, which has dealt its favors to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God...enough to improve them. I shall not rest contented, till I have explored the western country, and traversed those lines, or great part of them, which have...
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Bessboro: a History of Westport, Essex Co., N.Y.

Caroline Halstead Royce - Essex County (N.Y.) - 1904 - 658 pages
...that he "could not but be struck with the goodness of that Providence which has <lealt her favours to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God we may have wisdom enough to improve them." With these wise and reverent words closes for us the last scene of the Revolution. V. Original Patents....
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Washington and the West: Being George Washington's Diary of September, 1784 ...

George Washington - Inland navigation - 1905 - 258 pages
...the immense extent and importance of it, and of the goodness of that Providence which has dealt its favors to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God...enough to improve them. I shall not rest contented till I have explored the Western country, and traversed those lines, or great part of them, which have...
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The Complete Writings of Washington Irving, Including His Life, Volume 12

Washington Irving - American literature - 1905 - 594 pages
...the immense extent and importance of it, and with the goodness of that Providence which has dealt its favors to us with so profuse a hand ; would to God...enough to improve them. I shall not rest contented till I have rxplored the western country, and traversed those lines, or a great part of them, which...
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Pilots of the Republic: The Romance of the Pioneer Promoter in the Middle West

Archer Butler Hulbert - Canals - 1906 - 412 pages
...the immense extent and importance of it, and with the goodness of that Providence which has dealt its favors to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God...enough to improve them! I shall not rest contented till I have explored the western country, and traversed those lines, or great part of them, which have...
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Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor on the Canals of New York

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor - Public works - 1906 - 1096 pages
...diffusion aad importance of it; and with the goodness of that Providence which has dealt his favours to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God we may have wisdom enough to improve them. I shall not "P. 581. rest contented until I have explored the western country, and traversed those lines (or great...
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Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society, Volume 12

Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.) - Buffalo (N.Y.) - 1908 - 622 pages
...the immense extent and importance of it, and with the goodness of that Providence which has dealt its favors to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God...enough to improve them. I shall not rest contented, till I have explored the western country and traversed those lines, or great part of them, which have...
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