Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of the Best and Rarest Contemporary Volumes of Travel, Descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic Conditions in the Middle and Far West, During the Period of Early American Settlement, Том 3Reuben Gold Thwaites A. H. Clark Company, 1904 |
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... distance in reality by this route was somewhat less than this.—ED. " Hugh H. Brackenridge was at this time the most prominent lawyer in Pittsburg , whither he had come in 1781 , after graduating at Princeton and serving as chaplain in ...
... distance in reality by this route was somewhat less than this.—ED. " Hugh H. Brackenridge was at this time the most prominent lawyer in Pittsburg , whither he had come in 1781 , after graduating at Princeton and serving as chaplain in ...
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... distance of two miles only on the point of a small island on which I found Acer negundo , rubrum , saccharum ; Evonimus capsulis glabris.18 The 15th recognized at 20 Miles from Pittsburgh Pavia 11 The writer here uses the term " Fort ...
... distance of two miles only on the point of a small island on which I found Acer negundo , rubrum , saccharum ; Evonimus capsulis glabris.18 The 15th recognized at 20 Miles from Pittsburgh Pavia 11 The writer here uses the term " Fort ...
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... distance of 35 Miles recognized Iresine celosioides on the banks of the belle rivière where they are submerged by the great inundations . Passed a small river called Gay [ Guyan- dotte ] . We saw no habitations ; 40 Miles . The 26th ...
... distance of 35 Miles recognized Iresine celosioides on the banks of the belle rivière where they are submerged by the great inundations . Passed a small river called Gay [ Guyan- dotte ] . We saw no habitations ; 40 Miles . The 26th ...
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... distance of Sixty six miles from one place to the other . 66 Miles . The 6th visited two persons residing in Lexington for whom I had Letters of introduction . The 7th herborised . Sunday 8th of September was obliged to remain being ...
... distance of Sixty six miles from one place to the other . 66 Miles . The 6th visited two persons residing in Lexington for whom I had Letters of introduction . The 7th herborised . Sunday 8th of September was obliged to remain being ...
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... distance west of Blacksburg , Montgomery County . A new road shortened the distance and crossed the New River about five miles farther up the stream , at a ferry operated by the pioneer family of Pepper . They are alluded to in the ...
... distance west of Blacksburg , Montgomery County . A new road shortened the distance and crossed the New River about five miles farther up the stream , at a ferry operated by the pioneer family of Pepper . They are alluded to in the ...
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Страница 247 - With them the passion for gaming and spirituous liquors is carried to excess, which frequently terminates in quarrels degrading to human nature. The public houses are always crowded, more especially during the sittings of the courts of justice. Horses and lawsuits comprise the usual topic of their conversation. If a traveler happens to pass by, his horse is appreciated; if he stops, he is presented with a glass of whiskey...
Страница 123 - Ijrecovered from my illness I left Charleston, and went to reside in a small plantation about ten miles from the town, where my father had formed a botanic garden. It was there he collected and cultivated, with the greatest care, the plants that he found in the long and painful travels that his ardent love for science had urged him to make, almost every year, in the different quarters of America. Ever animated with a desire of serving the country he was in, he conceived that the climate of South...
Страница 158 - However, though this town has lost its importance as a military post it has acquired a still greater one in respect to commerce. It serves as a staple for the different sorts of merchandise that Philadelphia and Baltimore send, in the beginning of spring and autumn, for supplying the states of Ohio, Kentucky, and the settlement of Natches.
Страница 310 - IN Conformity to the Act of the Congrefs of the United States, entitled, "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by fecuring the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of fuch Copies, during the Times therein mentioned...
Страница 249 - The spirit of religion has acquired a fresh degree of strength within these seven or eight [196] years among the country inhabitants, since, independent of Sundays, which are scrupulously observed, they assemble, during the summer, in the course of the week, to hear sermons. These meetings, which frequently consist of two or three thousand persons who come from all parts of the country within fifteen or twenty miles, take place in the woods, and continue for several days. Each brings his provisions,...