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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... nearly disappeared . The pigeons were formerly so numer- ous , that the noise of their flight , in 1751 , was compared to distant thunder . then sold at fourpence a dozen . ‡ spring of They were Fishes . - Those which annually ascend ...
... nearly disappeared . The pigeons were formerly so numer- ous , that the noise of their flight , in 1751 , was compared to distant thunder . then sold at fourpence a dozen . ‡ spring of They were Fishes . - Those which annually ascend ...
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... nearly three miles square , lost all its waters , and the frogs which inhabited it , many thousands in number , by some wonderful instinct , set out for the river Winno- mantic , a distance of nearly five miles ; and passing , in the ...
... nearly three miles square , lost all its waters , and the frogs which inhabited it , many thousands in number , by some wonderful instinct , set out for the river Winno- mantic , a distance of nearly five miles ; and passing , in the ...
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... nearly to 700 warriors . Those of the Moheagans , who lived farther north , were esti- mated at more than 2000 ; and the whole number of Indiaus was supposed to amount to nearly 40,000 . In 1637 , the Pequods waged war , and , being ...
... nearly to 700 warriors . Those of the Moheagans , who lived farther north , were esti- mated at more than 2000 ; and the whole number of Indiaus was supposed to amount to nearly 40,000 . In 1637 , the Pequods waged war , and , being ...
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... nearly one half cheaper than at New York . The library contains about 6000 volumes , and has a fund yielding about 200 dollars . Most of the classical books , which are very valuable , were the donation of the celebrated Berkely , who ...
... nearly one half cheaper than at New York . The library contains about 6000 volumes , and has a fund yielding about 200 dollars . Most of the classical books , which are very valuable , were the donation of the celebrated Berkely , who ...
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... nearly one fourth of the surface of the state is barren . The soil , to the distance of twenty or thirty miles from the sea , is evidently of re- cent formation . Shells and bones of an enormous size have been found in different places ...
... nearly one fourth of the surface of the state is barren . The soil , to the distance of twenty or thirty miles from the sea , is evidently of re- cent formation . Shells and bones of an enormous size have been found in different places ...
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