An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, Volumen2editor; J. Ridgeway, 1795 - 530 páginas |
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... small pox , which is a fpecific , infectious disease , is not allowed at prefent to be communicated by inoculation , except in hofpitals erected for that purpofe in bye places , and in cafes where there is a probability of a general ...
... small pox , which is a fpecific , infectious disease , is not allowed at prefent to be communicated by inoculation , except in hofpitals erected for that purpofe in bye places , and in cafes where there is a probability of a general ...
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... small , running nearly north and fouth in ridges parallel to each other . Between thefe ridges flow the great rivers in majestic meanders , re- ceiving the innumerable rivulets and larger ftreams which proceed from the mountains on each ...
... small , running nearly north and fouth in ridges parallel to each other . Between thefe ridges flow the great rivers in majestic meanders , re- ceiving the innumerable rivulets and larger ftreams which proceed from the mountains on each ...
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... smaller ones , which we shall notice when treating of the different States . PENOBSCOT . This river has its fource in ... small islands ; and about half way receives two confiderable tributary ftreams , one from the east and the other ...
... smaller ones , which we shall notice when treating of the different States . PENOBSCOT . This river has its fource in ... small islands ; and about half way receives two confiderable tributary ftreams , one from the east and the other ...
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... Small Point . It is navigable for vessels of one hundred and fifty tons upwards of forty miles from the fea . ANDROSCOGGIN , This river , fometimes called Amerifcoggin , properly speaking , is but the main western branch of the ...
... Small Point . It is navigable for vessels of one hundred and fifty tons upwards of forty miles from the fea . ANDROSCOGGIN , This river , fometimes called Amerifcoggin , properly speaking , is but the main western branch of the ...
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... small collec- tions of water , but the weather is mostly ferene . November is a va riable month , alternately wet and dry ; the furface of the ground is frequently frozen and thawed . The fame weather continues through a part of ...
... small collec- tions of water , but the weather is mostly ferene . November is a va riable month , alternately wet and dry ; the furface of the ground is frequently frozen and thawed . The fame weather continues through a part of ...
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