History of North America, Volumen2Davies, and Company, 1820 - 4 páginas |
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... tracts covered with pine . Animals . The mammoth , of enormous size , formerly an in- habitant of this district , is only known by Indian tradition , and by the remains of the bones lately discovered . The skeleton of one , weighing ...
... tracts covered with pine . Animals . The mammoth , of enormous size , formerly an in- habitant of this district , is only known by Indian tradition , and by the remains of the bones lately discovered . The skeleton of one , weighing ...
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... tract called the Holland Purchase , extending from the Pennsylvania line to the banks of the Genessee and to Lake Ontario , sell at 3 dollars 50 cents . Of the money 5 per cent is paid in cash , and the remainder in six yearly ...
... tract called the Holland Purchase , extending from the Pennsylvania line to the banks of the Genessee and to Lake Ontario , sell at 3 dollars 50 cents . Of the money 5 per cent is paid in cash , and the remainder in six yearly ...
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... tracts are near the coast , and on the sides of the Connecticut river , and the Quinebaug , an eastern branch of the Thames . Along the valley of the Connecticut river , the soil is a fine sandy loam , with a clayey bottom . This valley ...
... tracts are near the coast , and on the sides of the Connecticut river , and the Quinebaug , an eastern branch of the Thames . Along the valley of the Connecticut river , the soil is a fine sandy loam , with a clayey bottom . This valley ...
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... tract towards the south , at Balstow , on the head waters of Little Egg Harbour River ; and in the south - western parts , where it is renewed by deposition from water . Brown scaly iron ore abounds near the surface , in the northern ...
... tract towards the south , at Balstow , on the head waters of Little Egg Harbour River ; and in the south - western parts , where it is renewed by deposition from water . Brown scaly iron ore abounds near the surface , in the northern ...
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... tracts , are all liable to a great change of temperature ; but , upon the whole , this is con- sidered one of the most agreeable and temperate states in the Union . The season of frost and snow seldom exceeds three months ; the winter ...
... tracts , are all liable to a great change of temperature ; but , upon the whole , this is con- sidered one of the most agreeable and temperate states in the Union . The season of frost and snow seldom exceeds three months ; the winter ...
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Página 115 - That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Página 248 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other States that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Página 102 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience...
Página 248 - And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein such State shall be admitted by its delegates into the Congress of the United States on an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government.
Página 47 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul : neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Página 116 - That all persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, unless for capital offences, when the proof is evident or the presumption great...
Página 241 - That no goods, wares, or merchandise, unless in cases provided for by treaty, shall be imported into the United States from any foreign port or place, except in vessels of the United States, or in such foreign vessels as truly and wholly belong to the citizens or subjects of that country of which the goods are the growth, production, or manufacture, or from which such goods, wares, or merchandise can only be, or most usually are, first shipped for transportation.
Página 39 - That the people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and possessions, from unreasonable searches and seizures...
Página 40 - ... court, register's court, and a court of quarter sessions of the peace, for each county; in justices of the peace, and in such other courts as the legislature may, from time to time establish.
Página 39 - No person who acknowledges the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this Commonwealth.