Notes on the State of VirginiaR.T. Rawle, 1801 - 495 страници |
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... known to practice ; whereas the upper waters of the Ohio and the Patow- mac , and the great falls of the latter are yet to be cleared of their fixed obftructions . ( A. ) QUERY III . A NOTICE of the best Sea Ports of the state , and how ...
... known to practice ; whereas the upper waters of the Ohio and the Patow- mac , and the great falls of the latter are yet to be cleared of their fixed obftructions . ( A. ) QUERY III . A NOTICE of the best Sea Ports of the state , and how ...
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... known by that name to the inhabit- ants , either native or emigrant , but as they faw them fo called in European maps . In the fame direction . generall ^ generally are the veins of lime - ftone , 26 NOTES ON VIRGINIA .
... known by that name to the inhabit- ants , either native or emigrant , but as they faw them fo called in European maps . In the fame direction . generall ^ generally are the veins of lime - ftone , 26 NOTES ON VIRGINIA .
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... known to their fources , except the Miffou- ri , our expectations of verifying the conjecture would of course be led to the mountains which divide the waters of the Mexican Gulph from thofe of the South Sea ; but no volcano having ever ...
... known to their fources , except the Miffou- ri , our expectations of verifying the conjecture would of course be led to the mountains which divide the waters of the Mexican Gulph from thofe of the South Sea ; but no volcano having ever ...
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... known in the western country , are on the Miffifippi , extending from the mouth of Rock River 1-50 miles upwards . Thefe are not wrought , the lead ufed in that country being from the banks on the Spanish fide of the Missisippi , oppo ...
... known in the western country , are on the Miffifippi , extending from the mouth of Rock River 1-50 miles upwards . Thefe are not wrought , the lead ufed in that country being from the banks on the Spanish fide of the Missisippi , oppo ...
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... known of that country , it seems to want iron . Confiderable quantities of black lead are taken oc- cafionally for ... known to be in fo many places , as to have induced an opinion , that the whole tract between the Laurel mountain ...
... known of that country , it seems to want iron . Confiderable quantities of black lead are taken oc- cafionally for ... known to be in fo many places , as to have induced an opinion , that the whole tract between the Laurel mountain ...
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