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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... course to Long Island Sound , from which it is navigable for sloops to the town of Derby , twelve miles from its mouth . It runs a course of 140 miles . The Naugatuk , which enters at Derby , is a considerable eastern branch , which ...
... course to Long Island Sound , from which it is navigable for sloops to the town of Derby , twelve miles from its mouth . It runs a course of 140 miles . The Naugatuk , which enters at Derby , is a considerable eastern branch , which ...
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... course of the common law of England . In four of the counties they sit three times a - year , and twice in the other four . 4th , A City Court , consisting of a mayor and two aldermen , sits monthly in the five cities . 5th , A Probate ...
... course of the common law of England . In four of the counties they sit three times a - year , and twice in the other four . 4th , A City Court , consisting of a mayor and two aldermen , sits monthly in the five cities . 5th , A Probate ...
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... course of about sixty - five miles to its outlet in Newark Bay , is navi- gable to the celebrated falls , or cataract , a distance of ten miles . 4. Maurice River is navigable for vessels of a hundred tons , to the distance of twenty ...
... course of about sixty - five miles to its outlet in Newark Bay , is navi- gable to the celebrated falls , or cataract , a distance of ten miles . 4. Maurice River is navigable for vessels of a hundred tons , to the distance of twenty ...
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... course it receives several important streams . The Tioga river , which runs eastwardly from the Alleghany mountains , joins it at Tioga Point , in latitude 41 ° 57 ' , three miles south of the boundary line . The western branch of the ...
... course it receives several important streams . The Tioga river , which runs eastwardly from the Alleghany mountains , joins it at Tioga Point , in latitude 41 ° 57 ' , three miles south of the boundary line . The western branch of the ...
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... course of 120 miles , it unites with the Delaware , six miles below Philadelphia . The Leheigh , another branch , rising near Wilkesbarre , takes a course of 75 miles through the Blue Mountains , and is boatable 30 miles from its mouth ...
... course of 120 miles , it unites with the Delaware , six miles below Philadelphia . The Leheigh , another branch , rising near Wilkesbarre , takes a course of 75 miles through the Blue Mountains , and is boatable 30 miles from its mouth ...
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