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 1A. Constable and Company, 1819 - Indians of North America |
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... place among the most powerful and enlightened states in the world . The sources of national wealth , and the productive powers of man , which are obscurely traced in the slow progress of old and fully peopled communities , are de ...
... place among the most powerful and enlightened states in the world . The sources of national wealth , and the productive powers of man , which are obscurely traced in the slow progress of old and fully peopled communities , are de ...
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... places , and better adapted for pasture than tillage . 2. The sandy soil of the sea shore , commencing from Long Island , and extending to the Mississippi , with a breadth varying from thirty to a hundred miles . This tract , from the ...
... places , and better adapted for pasture than tillage . 2. The sandy soil of the sea shore , commencing from Long Island , and extending to the Mississippi , with a breadth varying from thirty to a hundred miles . This tract , from the ...
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... places they go to , and make the proportion of old persons greater in the places they have left , Many travellers express surprise that the population of the United States should be spread over so great a Malte Brun , Geog . Tom . II ...
... places they go to , and make the proportion of old persons greater in the places they have left , Many travellers express surprise that the population of the United States should be spread over so great a Malte Brun , Geog . Tom . II ...
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... places where population is dense , there will not be a sufficient quantity of first rate soil to fur- nish the necessary supply of corn , which must , there- fore , be raised on soils of the second quality , and at a greater cost . This ...
... places where population is dense , there will not be a sufficient quantity of first rate soil to fur- nish the necessary supply of corn , which must , there- fore , be raised on soils of the second quality , and at a greater cost . This ...
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... places , where prices are low , only land of first and second quality makes an adequate return of profit , and in ... place , farmers find it more advantageous to pay for the use of the good land , than to take the inferior for nothing ...
... places , where prices are low , only land of first and second quality makes an adequate return of profit , and in ... place , farmers find it more advantageous to pay for the use of the good land , than to take the inferior for nothing ...
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