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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... seen , therefore , that capital accumulates with rather more than twice the velocity of population . The lat- ter quadruples in forty - six years , but in the same period property augments sixteen fold . It is believed that no other ...
... seen , therefore , that capital accumulates with rather more than twice the velocity of population . The lat- ter quadruples in forty - six years , but in the same period property augments sixteen fold . It is believed that no other ...
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... seen in any part of the country . But , to have a just idea of the advantages which in- dustry enjoys in the United States , we must take into account , that while labour yields larger returns than in any other country , a much smaller ...
... seen in any part of the country . But , to have a just idea of the advantages which in- dustry enjoys in the United States , we must take into account , that while labour yields larger returns than in any other country , a much smaller ...
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... seen , by referring to the constitutions of the differ- ent states , that , in some of the older states , infidels are excluded from certain offices , in others , Jews and Roman Catholics . The ancient laws of Virginia extend the ...
... seen , by referring to the constitutions of the differ- ent states , that , in some of the older states , infidels are excluded from certain offices , in others , Jews and Roman Catholics . The ancient laws of Virginia extend the ...
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... seen , therefore , that the proper settling of these limits , desolate as the country is , involves interests of considerable im- portance . The survey agreed upon by the treaty of 1794 was never executed . The subject was , however ...
... seen , therefore , that the proper settling of these limits , desolate as the country is , involves interests of considerable im- portance . The survey agreed upon by the treaty of 1794 was never executed . The subject was , however ...
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... seen in several places near the surface ; and the subsoil almost every where con- sists of a tenacious clay of which bricks may be ma- nufactured , or mud walls made like those of Ire- land . Besides , trees may be planted , which , in ...
... seen in several places near the surface ; and the subsoil almost every where con- sists of a tenacious clay of which bricks may be ma- nufactured , or mud walls made like those of Ire- land . Besides , trees may be planted , which , in ...
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