Report on the Agriculture and Geology of Mississippi: Embracing a Sketch of the Social and Natural History of the State |
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... colony of France . . . .21 As a British province . . . .53 As a province of Spain . . . .66 II. Land Titles . . . . . .lit III. Agriculture. Early state and progress of agriculture . . 121 The cultivation of tobacco . . . .132 The ...
... colony of France . . . .21 As a British province . . . .53 As a province of Spain . . . .66 II. Land Titles . . . . . .lit III. Agriculture. Early state and progress of agriculture . . 121 The cultivation of tobacco . . . .132 The ...
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... colony, to reach the mouth of the Mississippi by sea, having passed to the west of it, La Salle perished miserably in Texas by the hands of his despairing and mutinous followers ; and another interval of eighteen years elapsed before ...
... colony, to reach the mouth of the Mississippi by sea, having passed to the west of it, La Salle perished miserably in Texas by the hands of his despairing and mutinous followers ; and another interval of eighteen years elapsed before ...
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... colony on the main land in the vicinity, and accordingly a landing was effected on the eastern extremity of the Bay of Baluxi. A fort of four bastions, with twelve pieces of cannon, was commenced on the first of May following, the colonists ...
... colony on the main land in the vicinity, and accordingly a landing was effected on the eastern extremity of the Bay of Baluxi. A fort of four bastions, with twelve pieces of cannon, was commenced on the first of May following, the colonists ...
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... colony, descended the river in a * This geological surveying expedition, fitted out within the limits of our State, was probably the earliest undertaken on our continent. pirogue, accompanied by seven men, to ascertain the truth of 22 ...
... colony, descended the river in a * This geological surveying expedition, fitted out within the limits of our State, was probably the earliest undertaken on our continent. pirogue, accompanied by seven men, to ascertain the truth of 22 ...
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... colonists suffered greatly from the want of provisions ; and in the fall, disease following in the track of famine, many died ... colony, the limited extent of its trade, and the utter failure in the discovery of minerals to which its ...
... colonists suffered greatly from the want of provisions ; and in the fall, disease following in the track of famine, many died ... colony, the limited extent of its trade, and the utter failure in the discovery of minerals to which its ...
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Page 165 - Individuals who were depressed with poverty and sunk in idleness, have suddenly risen to wealth and respectability. Our debts have been paid off; our capitals have increased, and our lands trebled themselves in value. We cannot express the weight of the obligation which the country owes to this invention. The extent of it cannot now be seen.
Page 59 - George the Third by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Know ye, that we...
Page 370 - March one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the full and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using and vending to others to be used...
Page 164 - A Mr. Holmes has cut teeth in plates of iron, and passed them over the cylinder. This is certainly a meritorious improvement in the mechanical process of constructing this machine. But at last, what does it amount to except a more convenient method of making the same thing?
Page 162 - An invention so important to the agricultural interest, and, as it has proved, to every department of human industry, could not long remain a secret. The knowledge of it soon spread through the state ; and so great was the excitement on the subject, that multitudes of persons came from all quarters of it to see the machine ; but it was not deemed prudent to gratify their curiosity until the patent right had been secured. So determined, however, were some of the populace to possess this treasure,...
Page 278 - Gibbes, published with figures in the first volume of the second series of the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.
Page 159 - Greene then invited to her house gentlemen from different parts of the state ; and on the first day after they had assembled, she conducted them to a temporary building which had been erected for the machine, and they saw with astonishment and delight...
Page 163 - The cylinder is only two feet two inches in length and six inches diameter. It is turned by hand and requires the strength of one man to keep it in constant motion.
Page 109 - ... of this Government on any pretext whatever, and notwithstanding the operation of the law aforesaid is hereby admitted, yet the inhabitants shall be considered to be in an actual state of neutrality during the continuance of their uncertainty, as mentioned in the second proposition.
Page 163 - Georgia. Within about ten days after my first conception of the plan I made a small though imperfect model. Experiments with this encouraged me to make one on a larger scale; but the extreme difficulty of procuring workmen and proper materials in Georgia prevented my completing the larger one until some time in April last.