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... mouth of the Kennebec . They landed near the island of Monheagan , a few leagues east of that river , and soon after entered the stream , and stopped at an island near its eastern shore , now form- ing a part of Georgetown . As Chief ...
... mouth of the Kennebec . They landed near the island of Monheagan , a few leagues east of that river , and soon after entered the stream , and stopped at an island near its eastern shore , now form- ing a part of Georgetown . As Chief ...
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... mouth . Some of them took up a hundred acres of land on lease from Vines , one of which was for a thou- sand years , at the annual rent of two shillings and one capon , after the pay- ment of a previous compensation . The lease , partly ...
... mouth . Some of them took up a hundred acres of land on lease from Vines , one of which was for a thou- sand years , at the annual rent of two shillings and one capon , after the pay- ment of a previous compensation . The lease , partly ...
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... mouth of the Kennebec . Nearer , and in the same quarter , lie numerous islands of various forms . and is a place of much business , and one of the principal in the state . The Ken- nebec is navigable in vessels of one hun- dred and ...
... mouth of the Kennebec . Nearer , and in the same quarter , lie numerous islands of various forms . and is a place of much business , and one of the principal in the state . The Ken- nebec is navigable in vessels of one hun- dred and ...
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... mouth of Mill brook , at the northwest corner of Lov- el's pond . It happened that the Indians had gone down the Saco river , and on their return , discovering tracks , pursued them toward Lovel's pond , and , having way discovered the ...
... mouth of Mill brook , at the northwest corner of Lov- el's pond . It happened that the Indians had gone down the Saco river , and on their return , discovering tracks , pursued them toward Lovel's pond , and , having way discovered the ...
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... mouth , which are moved by its power . The impediments offered to navigation are not only , in a great measure , coun- terbalanced by the abundance of valuable water - power afforded by nature , but are obviated by science and art , in ...
... mouth , which are moved by its power . The impediments offered to navigation are not only , in a great measure , coun- terbalanced by the abundance of valuable water - power afforded by nature , but are obviated by science and art , in ...
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A Pictorial Description of the United States: Embracing the History ... Robert Sears Vista completa - 1876 |
A Pictorial Description of the United States: Embracing the History ... Robert Sears Vista completa - 1857 |
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Página 299 - If the view from the top be painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful in an equal extreme. It is impossible for the emotions arising from the sublime to be felt beyond what they are here ; so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven ! the rapture of the spectator is really indescribable...
Página 302 - The piles of rock on each hand, but particularly on the Shenandoah, the evident marks of their disrupture and avulsion from their beds by the most powerful agents of nature, corroborate the impression. But the distant finishing which nature has given to the picture is of a very different character. It is a true contrast to the foreground. It is as placid and delightful, as that is wild and tremendous.
Página 484 - Queretaro, and every male naturalized citizen thereof, who shall have become such ninety days prior to any election, of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of the State one year next preceding the election, and of the county in which he claims his vote ninety days, and in the election precinct thirty days, shall be entitled to vote at all elections...
Página 301 - The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent.
Página 642 - Congress assembled, that all that part of the territory of the United States included within the following limits, to wit: bounded on the west by the state of California, on the north by the territory of Oregon, and on the east by the summit of the Rocky Mountains, and on the south by the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude...
Página 602 - Commencing at the point of intersection of the fortysecond degree of north latitude with the one hundred and twentieth degree of longitude west from Greenwich, and running south on the line of said one hundred and twentieth degree of west longitude until it intersects the thirty-ninth degree of north latitude...
Página 445 - ... beginning at the mouth of the Sabine river, and running west along the Gulf of Mexico three leagues from land, to the mouth of the Rio Grande, thence up the principal stream of said river to its source, thence due north to the forty-second degree of north latitude, thence along the boundary line as defined in the treaty between the United States and Spain, to the beginning...
Página 110 - The covenant between you and us is the oath you have taken of us, which is to this purpose, that we shall govern you and judge your causes by the rules of God's laws and our own, according to our best skill.
Página 312 - The Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of Virginia of the City of London for the first Colony in Virginia.
Página 110 - I entreat you to consider, that when you choose magistrates, you take them from among yourselves, men subject to like passions as you are. Therefore when you see infirmities in us, you should reflect upon your own, and that would make you bear the more with us, and not be severe censurers of the failings of your magistrates, when you have continual experience of the like infirmities in yourselves and others.