The Emigrant's Friend: Containing Information and Advice for Persons Intending to Emigrate to the United StatesTyne Publishing Company, 1881 - 351 pages |
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... spring of each year . The progress and development of the States and Territories treated in this work , in agricul- ture , manufactures , population , means of communication , and otherwise , as well as the changes in the laws and ...
... spring of each year . The progress and development of the States and Territories treated in this work , in agricul- ture , manufactures , population , means of communication , and otherwise , as well as the changes in the laws and ...
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... springs were discovered in 1859 , in Pennsylvania : they are now found in Ohio and other States also . Lead is plentiful in several States : that of Illinois and Wisconsin being accounted the richest in the world . There is copper on ...
... springs were discovered in 1859 , in Pennsylvania : they are now found in Ohio and other States also . Lead is plentiful in several States : that of Illinois and Wisconsin being accounted the richest in the world . There is copper on ...
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... spring up and live their little day , and suddenly wither under the influence of science and common sense . The NEWSPAPERS of America are superior to those of England in point of enterprise ; but second , perhaps , in literary ability ...
... spring up and live their little day , and suddenly wither under the influence of science and common sense . The NEWSPAPERS of America are superior to those of England in point of enterprise ; but second , perhaps , in literary ability ...
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... spring , and had been sown with linseed , a fair crop , and another portion with buck- wheat , and he was turning it over for the second time to sow it with wheat next spring . " I consider it an excellent plan for healthy , active emi ...
... spring , and had been sown with linseed , a fair crop , and another portion with buck- wheat , and he was turning it over for the second time to sow it with wheat next spring . " I consider it an excellent plan for healthy , active emi ...
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... spring herbage until it has made it into hay ; the cattle browse on it during the winter . In the corn States the large and cheap supply of Indian corn , and the stalk and leaves on which they grow , furnish capital fodder at a very ...
... spring herbage until it has made it into hay ; the cattle browse on it during the winter . In the corn States the large and cheap supply of Indian corn , and the stalk and leaves on which they grow , furnish capital fodder at a very ...
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$10 per acre abundant acre acres of land agricultural American average border buckwheat bushels capital Carolina cattle cent cereals churches City clay climate coal Colorado Columbia copper cotton County seat County town cultivation district eastern emigrant train excellent exports factories feet fertile flour and lumber forests fruit gold grain grass grazing hickory hilly hogs horses Illinois iron irreclaimable swamp Lake Lake Michigan limestone lumber mills manufactures milch cows minerals mines Mississippi Mississippi River Missouri Missouri River month mountainous mules navigable Nevada North Carolina northern oats Ohio Oregon pine population potatoes pounds prairie PRINCIPAL CROP railroad railways region rich River sandy Schools season sheep shires of Virginia silver soil Spring square miles steerage streams summer surface Territory tillable land cleared tillage timber tobacco tons valleys vegetables Virginia wages Water-power western wheat winter
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