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Page 67
... town or a village , which is safe at all times from inun- dation ; New - Madrid , the only town on the western side below cape Girardeau , has been once inundated ; and the street intended to front on the river , has been washed away ...
... town or a village , which is safe at all times from inun- dation ; New - Madrid , the only town on the western side below cape Girardeau , has been once inundated ; and the street intended to front on the river , has been washed away ...
Page 82
... town , is only a mile wide . A little below it widens to 4 or 5 leagues , and continues that width to the sea . It forms here a safe and commodious bason for ships , and is from 20 to 25 fathoms deep . MONTREAL , stands on the east side ...
... town , is only a mile wide . A little below it widens to 4 or 5 leagues , and continues that width to the sea . It forms here a safe and commodious bason for ships , and is from 20 to 25 fathoms deep . MONTREAL , stands on the east side ...
Page 88
... town is built on the west side of the har- bor , on the declivity of a commanding hill , whose summit is more than 300 feet above the level of the sea . The town is laid out in oblong squares . The streets cut each other at right angles ...
... town is built on the west side of the har- bor , on the declivity of a commanding hill , whose summit is more than 300 feet above the level of the sea . The town is laid out in oblong squares . The streets cut each other at right angles ...
Page 121
... town . The land reserved for these exceeds 80,000 acres . Towns . Bennington , one of the oldest towns in Vermont , was settled in 1764. It is in the S. W. part of the state . The public edifices are a Congregational church , a court ...
... town . The land reserved for these exceeds 80,000 acres . Towns . Bennington , one of the oldest towns in Vermont , was settled in 1764. It is in the S. W. part of the state . The public edifices are a Congregational church , a court ...
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... town from Ben- nington to the Michiscoui . In Bennington , a quarry has been o- pened , which has peculiar fineness ... towns . Population . Chief towns . No. of inh . in 1810 . Coos 24 3,991 Lancaster 717 Grafton 35 28,462 S Haverhill ...
... town from Ben- nington to the Michiscoui . In Bennington , a quarry has been o- pened , which has peculiar fineness ... towns . Population . Chief towns . No. of inh . in 1810 . Coos 24 3,991 Lancaster 717 Grafton 35 28,462 S Haverhill ...
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Page 236 - The legislative power of the state shall be vested in a General Assembly consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives, but the people reserve to themselves the power to propose to the General Assembly laws and amendments to the constitution, and to adopt or reject the same at the polls on a referendum vote as hereinafter provided.
Page 52 - Ocean between the Arabian Sea on the west and the Bay of Bengal on the east. The Gulf of Manaar and the Palk Strait separate India from Sri Lanka.
Page 262 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Page 560 - ... any influence over the minds of this extraordinary and more liberal people. Birman wives and daughters are not concealed from the sight of men, and are suffered to have as free intercourse with each other as the rules of European society admit.
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Page 100 - that the laws of the several states, except where the Constitution, treaties or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States in cases where they apply.
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Page 252 - ... and kingdoms from whence they came. There is so little uniformity, that it is difficult to trace any governing principles among them. An aversion to labour is too predominant, owing in part to the relaxing heat of the climate, and partly to the want of the necessity to excite industry. An open and friendly hospitality, particularly to strangers, is an ornamental characteristic of a great part of this people.
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