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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... twenty miles through " the Wilderness " brought one to the frontier post of the Cumberland settlements , at Bledsoe's Lick . Upon Mi- chaux's return , nearly a year later , the Cumberland fron- tier had extended , and Fort Blount had ...
... twenty miles through " the Wilderness " brought one to the frontier post of the Cumberland settlements , at Bledsoe's Lick . Upon Mi- chaux's return , nearly a year later , the Cumberland fron- tier had extended , and Fort Blount had ...
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... , in thinking that within twenty years the Ohio Valley would be " the most popu- ' The references in Sargent's notes marked " Michx . , ” refer to this Flora . lous and commercial part of the United States , and 1793-1803 ] 19 Preface.
... , in thinking that within twenty years the Ohio Valley would be " the most popu- ' The references in Sargent's notes marked " Michx . , ” refer to this Flora . lous and commercial part of the United States , and 1793-1803 ] 19 Preface.
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... twenty - five years ( 1831-56 ) . After a second severe illness ( 1833 ) , Dr. Harris visited Georgia , and thereupon published a biography of Ogle- thorpe . In 1838 he resigned his pastorate and spent his remaining five years in ...
... twenty - five years ( 1831-56 ) . After a second severe illness ( 1833 ) , Dr. Harris visited Georgia , and thereupon published a biography of Ogle- thorpe . In 1838 he resigned his pastorate and spent his remaining five years in ...
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... twenty - four , secretary — later , chargé d'affaires to the French embassy at St. Petersburg . His dispatches thence were of so republican a tone , that in 1792 he was commissioned minister of the new French republic , to Holland ; but ...
... twenty - four , secretary — later , chargé d'affaires to the French embassy at St. Petersburg . His dispatches thence were of so republican a tone , that in 1792 he was commissioned minister of the new French republic , to Holland ; but ...
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... twenty men were told off to garrison the settlement . The upper island was near Brush Creek , in Ohio . Only one island remains at this place.— ED . 23 Limestone ( now Maysville ) was long the chief river post for Kentucky , but was not ...
... twenty men were told off to garrison the settlement . The upper island was near Brush Creek , in Ohio . Only one island remains at this place.— ED . 23 Limestone ( now Maysville ) was long the chief river post for Kentucky , but was not ...
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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...