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 - Condiciones economicas |
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Page 82
... wine and rum , sold in public houses ; the former at thirty shillings a pipe , the latter fourpence a gallon , amounting to about 3000 pounds currency . 7 The total receipts of 1813 amounted to 492,908 dollars , 82 UNITED STATES .
... wine and rum , sold in public houses ; the former at thirty shillings a pipe , the latter fourpence a gallon , amounting to about 3000 pounds currency . 7 The total receipts of 1813 amounted to 492,908 dollars , 82 UNITED STATES .
Page 102
... former , from good cultivation , being from twenty to thirty bushels per acre ; that of the latter from twenty - five to forty . Barley , which is sown in April and cut in July , yields from thirty to forty bu- shels ; and oats , when a ...
... former , from good cultivation , being from twenty to thirty bushels per acre ; that of the latter from twenty - five to forty . Barley , which is sown in April and cut in July , yields from thirty to forty bu- shels ; and oats , when a ...
Page 125
... The Moral habits of the people of this state resem ble those of Pennsylvania . They are chiefly agricul turalists , and , like the former , preserve the title of far- mer , while those of Maryland and Virginia retain the DELAWARE . 125.
... The Moral habits of the people of this state resem ble those of Pennsylvania . They are chiefly agricul turalists , and , like the former , preserve the title of far- mer , while those of Maryland and Virginia retain the DELAWARE . 125.
Page 126
... former is known among the vulgar by the name of long month . In a sketch of the dis- eases of this state in 1799 and 102 , Dr Vaughan ob- serves , " that , while we were labouring under remit- tent and intermittent fevers in the fenny ...
... former is known among the vulgar by the name of long month . In a sketch of the dis- eases of this state in 1799 and 102 , Dr Vaughan ob- serves , " that , while we were labouring under remit- tent and intermittent fevers in the fenny ...
Page 160
... former has been estimated at ten bushels ; of the latter at fifteen . It is stated , by Dr Morse , " that an industrious man may cultivate four acres of Indian corn , and rear 6000 plants of tobacco . " On the west river , the produce ...
... former has been estimated at ten bushels ; of the latter at fifteen . It is stated , by Dr Morse , " that an industrious man may cultivate four acres of Indian corn , and rear 6000 plants of tobacco . " On the west river , the produce ...
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a-year acres Alleghany amount annual assembly Baltimore banks branches bushels Carolina cents Chief Towns Cincinnati common consisting cotton court creek cultivated Cumberland Cumberland river Delaware distance district dollars east eastern eight elected established expence feet fifty five flour formed former forty four gallons governor hickery horses Indian corn inhabitants James river judges Kenhawa Kentucky Lake Erie Lake Michigan land latitude legislature manufactures Maryland Miami miles in length militia mills mountains mouth mulattoes Muskingum river navigable nearly negroes North Carolina northern Ohio river peach brandy Pennsylvania persons Philadelphia places population pounds pounds currency produce quantity Richmond ridge rises runs salt Scioto senate situated sixty slaves soil southern springs square miles streams swamps Tennessee thirty tion tobacco tons tract tree twelve twenty United vessels Virginia Wabash Wabash river Washington Western Gazetteer wheat White river yards