A Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America: From the Period of Their First Colonization to the Present Day, Volume 2A. Constable and Company, 1819 - Condiciones economicas |
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... expences , the annual contributions of a labouring man without pro- perty are , on a mean calculation for the state , equal to one - sixteenth part of his income . " . " That an assess- ment of sixty dollars in the general list is equal ...
... expences , the annual contributions of a labouring man without pro- perty are , on a mean calculation for the state , equal to one - sixteenth part of his income . " . " That an assess- ment of sixty dollars in the general list is equal ...
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... expence amounted to 100,000 dollars . At the mouth of the Shetucket river , a branch of the Thames , there is another wooden bridge , 124 feet in length , and a third has been lately thrown across the Housatonic , at Statford . The ...
... expence amounted to 100,000 dollars . At the mouth of the Shetucket river , a branch of the Thames , there is another wooden bridge , 124 feet in length , and a third has been lately thrown across the Housatonic , at Statford . The ...
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... expence of the state government . Before the revolution the governor's sa- lary was generally L. 50 a - year , paid in country produce , at prices fixed by law , and sometimes four shillings a day besides , to defray his charges while a ...
... expence of the state government . Before the revolution the governor's sa- lary was generally L. 50 a - year , paid in country produce , at prices fixed by law , and sometimes four shillings a day besides , to defray his charges while a ...
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... expence of more than 3000 dollars a mile . - Canals . It is proposed to make a canal from Bruns- wick to Trenton , to complete the inland navigation between New York and Philadelphia . Its length will be twenty - nine miles , and it is ...
... expence of more than 3000 dollars a mile . - Canals . It is proposed to make a canal from Bruns- wick to Trenton , to complete the inland navigation between New York and Philadelphia . Its length will be twenty - nine miles , and it is ...
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... expences for that year 35,157 dollars , and the earn- ings of the prison equal to the amount of expences . The advantages of this institution , where the punishments of solitary confinement and hard labour are proportioned to the ...
... expences for that year 35,157 dollars , and the earn- ings of the prison equal to the amount of expences . The advantages of this institution , where the punishments of solitary confinement and hard labour are proportioned to the ...
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