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 2A. Constable and Company, 1819 - Indians of North America |
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... northern parts . The surface is interspersed with a number of small lakes . The three principal rivers are the Con- necticut , Housatonic , and Thames . The first waters the middle parts , from north to south ; the second the western ...
... northern parts . The surface is interspersed with a number of small lakes . The three principal rivers are the Con- necticut , Housatonic , and Thames . The first waters the middle parts , from north to south ; the second the western ...
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... northern parts in a southern direction . The Thames is formed of numerous branches , which water the north - eastern parts of the state ; the most southern branches , Shetucket and Norwich , unite , fourteen miles from its outlet in ...
... northern parts in a southern direction . The Thames is formed of numerous branches , which water the north - eastern parts of the state ; the most southern branches , Shetucket and Norwich , unite , fourteen miles from its outlet in ...
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... is re- newed by deposition from water . Brown scaly iron ore abounds near the surface , in the northern parts of Burlington county . Ore of copper occurs in Bergen county , near Newark Bay . The mine discovered in NEW JERSEY . 35.
... is re- newed by deposition from water . Brown scaly iron ore abounds near the surface , in the northern parts of Burlington county . Ore of copper occurs in Bergen county , near Newark Bay . The mine discovered in NEW JERSEY . 35.
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... meeting , in May and No- vember ; two by the commissioners of the Northern Liberties , and two by the commissioners of Southwark , at the same time , " VOL . II . F The military expenditure of the state , on account of PENNSYLVANIA . 81.
... meeting , in May and No- vember ; two by the commissioners of the Northern Liberties , and two by the commissioners of Southwark , at the same time , " VOL . II . F The military expenditure of the state , on account of PENNSYLVANIA . 81.
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... northern and north - western parts of the state , along the New York line of boundary , the soil is yet uncleared ; large tracks of it are held by proprie .. tors who reside in Europe , and who have lately sold some portions of it at a ...
... northern and north - western parts of the state , along the New York line of boundary , the soil is yet uncleared ; large tracks of it are held by proprie .. tors who reside in Europe , and who have lately sold some portions of it at a ...
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