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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... forming the State ; " the " Constitution of the State ; " an " Account of the destruction of the Moravian Settlements on the Muskin- gum ; " " Wayne's Treaty ; " and a number of papers connected with the formation of the Ohio Company of ...
... forming the State ; " the " Constitution of the State ; " an " Account of the destruction of the Moravian Settlements on the Muskin- gum ; " " Wayne's Treaty ; " and a number of papers connected with the formation of the Ohio Company of ...
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... formed by the junction of the two rivers . It was built of brick and the Americans are demolishing it to use the bricks in building the houses that are being erected every day at Fort Pitt . " The Americans have a Fort of Palisades ...
... formed by the junction of the two rivers . It was built of brick and the Americans are demolishing it to use the bricks in building the houses that are being erected every day at Fort Pitt . " The Americans have a Fort of Palisades ...
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... formed as a settlement in 1776 by Governor Shelby . De Pauw , one of the French agents , resided here . See American Historical Association Report , 1896 , pp . 977 , 1002 , 1023 , 1102-1106 . The Knobs were a peculiar formation of ...
... formed as a settlement in 1776 by Governor Shelby . De Pauw , one of the French agents , resided here . See American Historical Association Report , 1896 , pp . 977 , 1002 , 1023 , 1102-1106 . The Knobs were a peculiar formation of ...
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... formation of the state government , he was chosen first attorney general . Nicholas adopted a moderate position in regard to Western politics ; the scheme here outlined , seems characteristic . In 1799 he was appointed law professor in ...
... formation of the state government , he was chosen first attorney general . Nicholas adopted a moderate position in regard to Western politics ; the scheme here outlined , seems characteristic . In 1799 he was appointed law professor in ...
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... formed out of Augusta and Botetourt . See ante , note 28 .-— ED . 62 Col. James McDowell , who lived near Fairfield , Rockbridge County , was a descendant of the Scotch - Irish settler , Capt . John McDowell , who came to the valley as ...
... formed out of Augusta and Botetourt . See ante , note 28 .-— ED . 62 Col. James McDowell , who lived near Fairfield , Rockbridge County , was a descendant of the Scotch - Irish settler , Capt . John McDowell , who came to the valley as ...
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Страница 310 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Страница 335 - Tour (1803) describes them as "square, and flatbottomed ; about forty feet by fifteen, with sides six feet deep ; covered with a roof of thin boards, and accomodated with a fire-place. They will hold from 200 to 500 barrels of flour. They require but four hands to navigate them ; carry no sail, and are wafted down by the current.
Страница 205 - He had at that time inoculated upward of five hundred persons in Kentucky, when they were making their first attempts in New York and Philadelphia. Dr. Brown also employs himself in collecting fossils and other natural productions, which abound in this interesting country. I have seen at his house several relics of very large unknown fish, caught in the [131] Kentucky River, and which were remarkable for their singular forms.
Страница 159 - Although the passage from New Orleans to one of these two ports is twenty or thirty days, and that they have to take a route by land of three hundred miles to return to Pittsburgh, they prefer this way, being not so difficult as the return by land from New Orleans to Pittsburgh, this last distance being fourteen or fifteen hundred miles. However, when the barges are only destined for Limeston, in Kentucky, or for Cincinnati, in the state of Ohio, the bargemen return by land, and by that means take...
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...