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... persons . wever , attributes to him more statesman- possessed by the ministers , and adds that e wisely conceived , and as far as depended sent to the colony only robust and indus- and families recommended by their morals , only ...
... persons . wever , attributes to him more statesman- possessed by the ministers , and adds that e wisely conceived , and as far as depended sent to the colony only robust and indus- and families recommended by their morals , only ...
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... persons who fell were the Kol- lys , father and son , who had just arrived to take pos- session of the grant of Hubert on the St. Catharine's , which they had purchased . One house only , that of Laloire , the principal agent of the ...
... persons who fell were the Kol- lys , father and son , who had just arrived to take pos- session of the grant of Hubert on the St. Catharine's , which they had purchased . One house only , that of Laloire , the principal agent of the ...
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... persons were interdicted from acquiring land by purchase or grant from the Indians . In January , 1768 , the first grants of which we have any record were made under the authority of the king's proclamation . They were executed by ...
... persons were interdicted from acquiring land by purchase or grant from the Indians . In January , 1768 , the first grants of which we have any record were made under the authority of the king's proclamation . They were executed by ...
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... persons in New Orleans from the United States , who offered their services ; these , with the volunteer militia , and the regular troops at the disposal of the governor , amounted to a force of fourteen hundred men . After a forced ...
... persons in New Orleans from the United States , who offered their services ; these , with the volunteer militia , and the regular troops at the disposal of the governor , amounted to a force of fourteen hundred men . After a forced ...
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... persons having been seen as if engaged in ing in a deep ravine which ran near the works , gave son cumstances tend mandant that it when a capitul surrendered to t their arms , and the British duri escort to Loftus Rouge . The fort was s ...
... persons having been seen as if engaged in ing in a deep ravine which ran near the works , gave son cumstances tend mandant that it when a capitul surrendered to t their arms , and the British duri escort to Loftus Rouge . The fort was s ...
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REPORT ON THE AGRICULTURE & GE Mississippi State Geologist,Benjamin L. C. (Benjamin Leonard Wailes No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 144 - Individuals who were depressed with poverty and sunk in idleness, have suddenly risen to wealth and respectability. Our debts have been paid off; our capitals have increased, and our lands trebled themselves in value. We cannot express the weight of the obligation which the country owes to this invention. The extent of it cannot now be seen.
Page 61 - George the Third by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Know ye, that we...
Page 144 - ... on a larger scale ; but the extreme difficulty of procuring workmen and proper materials in Georgia, prevented my completing the larger one until some time in April last. This, though much larger than my first attempt, is not above one third as large as the machines may be made with convenience.
Page 326 - March one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the full and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using and vending to others to be used...
Page 144 - A Mr. Holmes has cut teeth in plates of iron, and passed them over the cylinder. This is certainly a meritorious improvement in the mechanical process of constructing this machine. But at last, what does it amount to except a more convenient method of making the same thing?
Page 144 - An invention so important to the agricultural interest, and, as it has proved, to every department of human industry, could not long remain a secret. The knowledge of it soon spread through the state ; and so great was the excitement on the subject, that multitudes of persons came from all quarters of it to see the machine ; but it was not deemed prudent to gratify their curiosity until the patent right had been secured. So determined, however, were some of the populace to possess this treasure,...
Page 141 - Greene then invited to her house gentlemen from different parts of the state ; and on the first day after they had assembled, she conducted them to a temporary building which had been erected for the machine, and they saw with astonishment and delight...
Page 112 - July, when the following gentlemen were chosen. Joseph Bernard, Peter B. Bruin, Daniel Clark, Gabriel Benoist, Philander Smith, Isaac Gaillard, Roger Dixon, William Ratliff and Frederick Kimball. The election of this committee...
Page 265 - Carbonate of lime 41 Carbonate of magnesia 26 Chloride of potassium 25 Carbonate of potassa Sulphate of lime Sulphate of magnesia Alumina and oxides of iron Manganese in traces and loss . . .1.64 100.00 Analysis of the Fibre of Sea Island Cotton.
Page 243 - ... in different parts of the Continent, although some of them seem to have disappeared, or to have now no living representative in the fauna of this region. Among the species most numerous, may be enumerated the Helix albolabris, alternata, concava, elevata, fraterna, perspectiva, profunda, thyroides, tridentata, &c.