The Register of Pennsylvania: Devoted to the Preservation of Facts and Documents and Every Other Kind of Useful Information Respecting the State of Pennsylvania, Volume 2Samuel Hazard W.F. Geddes, 1828 - Pennsylvania |
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... falls 23 Fannetsburg , large buck killed 306 high tides in 23 24 26 Female patriotism , 375 low tides in 24 26 381 383 386 Finances , reports on 34 55 76 navigation , estimate of cost to Ot- Fire Companies in Philadelphia , 149 sego ...
... falls 23 Fannetsburg , large buck killed 306 high tides in 23 24 26 Female patriotism , 375 low tides in 24 26 381 383 386 Finances , reports on 34 55 76 navigation , estimate of cost to Ot- Fire Companies in Philadelphia , 149 sego ...
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... Falls of Schuylkill run-- loan for building Potters - field leased ib . 191 shad and herring to be sold at wharves ib Alms - house lot mortgaged against auctions 30 two whales taken at 23 earthquakes at 24 26 lamps first lighted 24 ...
... Falls of Schuylkill run-- loan for building Potters - field leased ib . 191 shad and herring to be sold at wharves ib Alms - house lot mortgaged against auctions 30 two whales taken at 23 earthquakes at 24 26 lamps first lighted 24 ...
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... falls bridge carried away county , Iron works in 280 Scott , John's legacy account of 322 382 385 112 15 number of in Alms House 284 expenditures for out door ib . tax 286 Sea , professor Green's experiments at Sergeant , John's address ...
... falls bridge carried away county , Iron works in 280 Scott , John's legacy account of 322 382 385 112 15 number of in Alms House 284 expenditures for out door ib . tax 286 Sea , professor Green's experiments at Sergeant , John's address ...
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... fall , price of shares , & c . 300 of the academies incorporated by the state- date of incorporation , appropriation 298 B. and C. report on Del . and Raritan Canal 324 York , Duke of , grant from King Charles Town of , toasts given ...
... fall , price of shares , & c . 300 of the academies incorporated by the state- date of incorporation , appropriation 298 B. and C. report on Del . and Raritan Canal 324 York , Duke of , grant from King Charles Town of , toasts given ...
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... falls into the course of the run a little south of Lewis ' Hill . Near this point , ( marked B. in the maps , ) the deep cutting commences ; the line in the mean time passes by the bed of the stream , round the west side of the hill ...
... falls into the course of the run a little south of Lewis ' Hill . Near this point , ( marked B. in the maps , ) the deep cutting commences ; the line in the mean time passes by the bed of the stream , round the west side of the hill ...
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