A Geographical Description of the United States: With the Contiguous Countries, Including Mexico and the West Indies; Intended as an Accompaniment to Melish's Map of These CountriesA. T. Goodrich, 1826 - 491 pages |
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... feet . It exhibits to the eye all the most important features of the countries which it represents : -- the Land , the Water , the Civil Divisions , the Mountains , the Towns , Roads , & c . ; and the descriptive matter intro- duced on ...
... feet . It exhibits to the eye all the most important features of the countries which it represents : -- the Land , the Water , the Civil Divisions , the Mountains , the Towns , Roads , & c . ; and the descriptive matter intro- duced on ...
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... Table Mountain , S. Carolina , 4000 The average height of the whole range , from New- York southward , may be assumed at from 1000 to 1800 feet above the level of the sea . To the west of the Alleghany Mountains is the great 20.
... Table Mountain , S. Carolina , 4000 The average height of the whole range , from New- York southward , may be assumed at from 1000 to 1800 feet above the level of the sea . To the west of the Alleghany Mountains is the great 20.
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... feet . The western section becomes very elevated , the base of the Rocky Mountains being estimated at 3000 feet . The general course of the Rocky Mountains has been already described . For a considerable distance from the Missis- sippi ...
... feet . The western section becomes very elevated , the base of the Rocky Mountains being estimated at 3000 feet . The general course of the Rocky Mountains has been already described . For a considerable distance from the Missis- sippi ...
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... feet in the distance of half a mile . Lake Huron is , next to Lake Superior , the largest lake on the continent of America . Measuring from the entrance of the river to its outlet at Fort Gratiot , it is about 220 miles , and its mean ...
... feet in the distance of half a mile . Lake Huron is , next to Lake Superior , the largest lake on the continent of America . Measuring from the entrance of the river to its outlet at Fort Gratiot , it is about 220 miles , and its mean ...
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... feet deep , by a perpendicular pitch . The water now runs in a chasm of the earth , which it has cut for itself during the lapse of ages , for 9 miles , in which the fall is estimated at 100 feet ; when the ground falling by an almost ...
... feet deep , by a perpendicular pitch . The water now runs in a chasm of the earth , which it has cut for itself during the lapse of ages , for 9 miles , in which the fall is estimated at 100 feet ; when the ground falling by an almost ...
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Page 10 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix, from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source; and from its source directly North to the aforesaid Highlands, which divide the Rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence...
Page 12 - ... the claims of any other Power or State to any part of the said country; the only object of the high contracting parties, in that respect, being to prevent disputes and differences amongst themselves.
Page 113 - Court; 10 To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; 11 To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; 12 To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years...
Page 114 - To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of congress, become the seat of government of the United States...
Page 118 - No state shall, without the consent of congress, lay any duty on tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
Page 13 - River; then following the course of the Rio Roxo westward, to the degree of longitude 100 west from London, and 23 from Washington; then crossing the said Red River, and running thence by a line due north to the river Arkansas; thence following the course of the southern bank of the Arkansas to its source, in latitude 42 degrees north; and thence by that parallel of latitude to the South Sea...
Page 113 - States; 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States; 7.
Page 13 - But, if the source of the Arkansas river shall be found to fall north or south of latitude 42, then the line shall run from the said source due south or north, as the case may be, till it meets the said parallel of latitude 42, and thence, along the said parallel, to the South Sea...
Page 12 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbors, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open...
Page 10 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...