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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... falls , which afford the most eligible situation for mills . Several smaller streams empty themselves in- to the sound . The Pawcatuck , on the east , which runs into Narraganset Bay , forms a part of the divid- ing line between this ...
... falls , which afford the most eligible situation for mills . Several smaller streams empty themselves in- to the sound . The Pawcatuck , on the east , which runs into Narraganset Bay , forms a part of the divid- ing line between this ...
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... fall off in the hinder parts , being , in the language of the jockey , " goose - rumped , and cat - ham'd . " The Merino breed of sheep was first introduced into this state by Colonel Humphreys . The price of land varies , as in other ...
... fall off in the hinder parts , being , in the language of the jockey , " goose - rumped , and cat - ham'd . " The Merino breed of sheep was first introduced into this state by Colonel Humphreys . The price of land varies , as in other ...
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... fall into the ocean from those which fall into the De laware . The South mountain , a ridge of the Alle- ghany , crosses the state near the parallel of 41 ° , and to the north is another ridge called Kittatinny , from both of which ...
... fall into the ocean from those which fall into the De laware . The South mountain , a ridge of the Alle- ghany , crosses the state near the parallel of 41 ° , and to the north is another ridge called Kittatinny , from both of which ...
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... falls , or cataract , a distance of ten miles . 4. Maurice River is navigable for vessels of a hundred tons , to the distance of twenty miles , from the Delaware Bay , into which it empties . 5. The Muscanecunk , another branch of the ...
... falls , or cataract , a distance of ten miles . 4. Maurice River is navigable for vessels of a hundred tons , to the distance of twenty miles , from the Delaware Bay , into which it empties . 5. The Muscanecunk , another branch of the ...
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... falls of Trenton , flows at the rate of four miles an hour , and rises six feet . The Shuylkill branch descends from the north - west side of the Kit- tatiny , or Blue Mountains , and , after a south - easterly course of 120 miles , it ...
... falls of Trenton , flows at the rate of four miles an hour , and rises six feet . The Shuylkill branch descends from the north - west side of the Kit- tatiny , or Blue Mountains , and , after a south - easterly course of 120 miles , it ...
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