The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 47William B. Dana F. Hunt, 1862 |
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... fifty to five hundred barrels . When one became exhausted , the supply was often renewed by drilling a little deeper . In Ohio , not far from the Pennsylvania border , the people had noticed a strong taste of oil in the water of the ...
... fifty to five hundred barrels . When one became exhausted , the supply was often renewed by drilling a little deeper . In Ohio , not far from the Pennsylvania border , the people had noticed a strong taste of oil in the water of the ...
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... fifty feet , and within six months after this , there had been seven hundred wells sunk . Ritchie and Wirt Counties , in Virginia , have also been found to produce good oil . The first attempt of the kind in New York was made about a ...
... fifty feet , and within six months after this , there had been seven hundred wells sunk . Ritchie and Wirt Counties , in Virginia , have also been found to produce good oil . The first attempt of the kind in New York was made about a ...
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... fifty feet in length , and long before we could finish our project , they could be made twice that size . With , therefore , Canadian locks forty - five feet wide , and hence capable of passing vessels of about that width , how can we ...
... fifty feet in length , and long before we could finish our project , they could be made twice that size . With , therefore , Canadian locks forty - five feet wide , and hence capable of passing vessels of about that width , how can we ...
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... fifty - three banks in Ohio , viz . Six independent banks , eleven free banks , and thirty - six branches of the State Banks . Amount of capital of branches ..... Independent and free ..... $ 4,091,700 1,454,450 Whole amount paid in ...
... fifty - three banks in Ohio , viz . Six independent banks , eleven free banks , and thirty - six branches of the State Banks . Amount of capital of branches ..... Independent and free ..... $ 4,091,700 1,454,450 Whole amount paid in ...
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... fifty - third section of the act " to provide increased revenue from imports , to pay interest on the public debt , and for other purposes , " approved August 5 , 1861 , allowing such portion of the tax as may be assessed by any State ...
... fifty - third section of the act " to provide increased revenue from imports , to pay interest on the public debt , and for other purposes , " approved August 5 , 1861 , allowing such portion of the tax as may be assessed by any State ...
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