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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... miles , cost 80,000 dollars . From Mr Martin Stanley . Inventions claimed by Citizens of this State . Chittendom's ( 30 UNITED STATES . Mountains Banks Aspect of the country, Bridges nature of the soil 2 State prison Temperature Roads.
... miles , cost 80,000 dollars . From Mr Martin Stanley . Inventions claimed by Citizens of this State . Chittendom's ( 30 UNITED STATES . Mountains Banks Aspect of the country, Bridges nature of the soil 2 State prison Temperature Roads.
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... Citizens of this State . Chittendom's ( of Newhaven ) machine for bending and cutting card teeth , invented in 1784 , and afterwards greatly improved . The machine is put in motion by a mandaril twelve inches in length and one in ...
... Citizens of this State . Chittendom's ( of Newhaven ) machine for bending and cutting card teeth , invented in 1784 , and afterwards greatly improved . The machine is put in motion by a mandaril twelve inches in length and one in ...
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... citizen , by an act of the legislature . 0 . Manufactures . The farmers generally make their own clothing ; but various manufactures on a large scale have been lately introduced , of woollen and cot- ton articles , leather , glass , and ...
... citizen , by an act of the legislature . 0 . Manufactures . The farmers generally make their own clothing ; but various manufactures on a large scale have been lately introduced , of woollen and cot- ton articles , leather , glass , and ...
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... citizens for the term of three years . He must be thirty years of age , and have been a citizen and inhabitant of the state seven years next before his election , unless absent on public busi- ness . He is incapable of holding the ...
... citizens for the term of three years . He must be thirty years of age , and have been a citizen and inhabitant of the state seven years next before his election , unless absent on public busi- ness . He is incapable of holding the ...
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... citizens have the right of petition , redress , and remonstrance , are entitled to bear arms in their own defence , and to emigrate from the state at pleasure . By the constitution of 1776 , a religious test or declaration was required ...
... citizens have the right of petition , redress , and remonstrance , are entitled to bear arms in their own defence , and to emigrate from the state at pleasure . By the constitution of 1776 , a religious test or declaration was required ...
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