The American Geography: Or, a View of the Present Situation of the United States of America: Containing Astronomical Geography.--geographical Definitions, Discovery, and General Description ... with a Particular Description of Kentucky, the Western Territory, and Vermont ... to which is Added, an Abridgement of the Geography of the British, Spanish, French and Dutch Dominions in America and the West Indies.--of Europe, Asia, and AfricaJohn Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1792 - 536 pages |
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... BRITISH , SPANISH , FRENCH , and DUTCH Dominions in AMERICA and the WEST - INDIES . -Of EUROPE , ASIA , and AFRICA . BY JEDI DIAH MÓRSE . ILLUSTRATED WITH TWO SHEET MAPS - ONE OF THE SOUTHERN , THE OTHER OF THE NORTHERN STATES.FROM THE ...
... BRITISH , SPANISH , FRENCH , and DUTCH Dominions in AMERICA and the WEST - INDIES . -Of EUROPE , ASIA , and AFRICA . BY JEDI DIAH MÓRSE . ILLUSTRATED WITH TWO SHEET MAPS - ONE OF THE SOUTHERN , THE OTHER OF THE NORTHERN STATES.FROM THE ...
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... & c . 470 Militia , Population , Character , Curiofities , Conftitution - 471 BRITISH AMERICAN DOMINIONS . New Britain Canada Nova Scotia 473 474 475 SPANISH SPANISH DOMINIONS IN NORTH AMERICA . Eaft and Weft Florida xiv CONTENTS .
... & c . 470 Militia , Population , Character , Curiofities , Conftitution - 471 BRITISH AMERICAN DOMINIONS . New Britain Canada Nova Scotia 473 474 475 SPANISH SPANISH DOMINIONS IN NORTH AMERICA . Eaft and Weft Florida xiv CONTENTS .
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... to the boundary between the British terri- tory and the United States , 410,000 D2 In Brought forward , Brought forward , 410,000 In Lake Ontario THE UNITED STATES . 35 Boundaries and Contents ibid Lakes and Rivers 3.
... to the boundary between the British terri- tory and the United States , 410,000 D2 In Brought forward , Brought forward , 410,000 In Lake Ontario THE UNITED STATES . 35 Boundaries and Contents ibid Lakes and Rivers 3.
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... British government , as are most of our north - western pofts . About eighteen miles north of this fort , are those remarkable falls which are reckoned one of the greateft natural curiofities in the world . The waters which fup- ply the ...
... British government , as are most of our north - western pofts . About eighteen miles north of this fort , are those remarkable falls which are reckoned one of the greateft natural curiofities in the world . The waters which fup- ply the ...
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... British subjects were doomed to work in the mines of Potofi . Repeated severities of this kind at length ( 1739 ) produced a war be- tween England and Spain . Porto Bello was taken from the Spaniards by Admiral Vernon . Commodore Anfon ...
... British subjects were doomed to work in the mines of Potofi . Repeated severities of this kind at length ( 1739 ) produced a war be- tween England and Spain . Porto Bello was taken from the Spaniards by Admiral Vernon . Commodore Anfon ...
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The American Geography: Or, a View of the Present Situation of the United ... Jedidiah Morse Affichage du livre entier - 1792 |
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Page 20 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 155 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Page 86 - ... be capable of holding any office under the United States for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Page 35 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 35 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Page 467 - The inhabitants of the said territory, shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law.
Page 35 - Ocean: east by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean, from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence...
Page 466 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions, are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter' shall be formed in the said territory...
Page 35 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie through the middle of said lake...
Page 366 - ... that in this place particularly they have been dammed up by the Blue Ridge of mountains, and have formed an ocean which filled the whole valley ; that continuing to rise they have at length broken over at this spot, and have torn the mountain down from...