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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... pounds . Wheat is also cultivated from one extremity of the Union to the other . In the middle and western states , and in the uplands of the southern states , it is raised of a quality equal , if not superior , to the best pro- duced ...
... pounds . Wheat is also cultivated from one extremity of the Union to the other . In the middle and western states , and in the uplands of the southern states , it is raised of a quality equal , if not superior , to the best pro- duced ...
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... pounds , valued in the latter year at twenty - four millions of dollars , being about one - fourth of the whole exports . The rice crops , which require great heat and a marshy soil , commence about the same parallel with the cotton ...
... pounds , valued in the latter year at twenty - four millions of dollars , being about one - fourth of the whole exports . The rice crops , which require great heat and a marshy soil , commence about the same parallel with the cotton ...
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... pound ; and , at these prices , it has been computed that a la- bourer can earn as much in one day as will furnish bread and meat to himself , his wife , and four children , for three days nearly . The average wages of labour in England ...
... pound ; and , at these prices , it has been computed that a la- bourer can earn as much in one day as will furnish bread and meat to himself , his wife , and four children , for three days nearly . The average wages of labour in England ...
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... pounds and a half , a tooth sixteen ounces . The great rise of James River , in Septemper 1816 , when its waters cover- ed the wharfs six or seven feet in depth , gave rise to the following calculation : Allowing the river here ...
... pounds and a half , a tooth sixteen ounces . The great rise of James River , in Septemper 1816 , when its waters cover- ed the wharfs six or seven feet in depth , gave rise to the following calculation : Allowing the river here ...
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... pounds . There are three kinds of trout , varying in size from five to fifty pounds . The other fish are sturgeon , pike , pickerel , red and white carp , black bass , trout , herrings , or a fish of a similar shape and taste . The soil ...
... pounds . There are three kinds of trout , varying in size from five to fifty pounds . The other fish are sturgeon , pike , pickerel , red and white carp , black bass , trout , herrings , or a fish of a similar shape and taste . The soil ...
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