Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive Documents: 14th Congress, 1st Session-48th Congress, 2nd Session and Special Session, Volumen1 |
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... lock canal and supply the remainder with water . But a canal frozen in winter would not have effected the great object in view , which was to enable vessels from sea to pro- ceed in winter from Matthias Vineyard to Boston , without ...
... lock canal and supply the remainder with water . But a canal frozen in winter would not have effected the great object in view , which was to enable vessels from sea to pro- ceed in winter from Matthias Vineyard to Boston , without ...
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... locks with water by feeders four miles long . Whether the quantity of water contained in those ponds , and estimated equal to a daily supply of 450,000 cubic feet , will be sufficient for a sloop navigation ; and whether any other ponds ...
... locks with water by feeders four miles long . Whether the quantity of water contained in those ponds , and estimated equal to a daily supply of 450,000 cubic feet , will be sufficient for a sloop navigation ; and whether any other ponds ...
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... thirteen miles in length , is seventy - four feet above tide wa- ter ; the descent being effected by nine locks on each side . The digging is generally easy ; no expensive aqueducts or bridges , nor any other ob- stacles [ 19 ] 14.
... thirteen miles in length , is seventy - four feet above tide wa- ter ; the descent being effected by nine locks on each side . The digging is generally easy ; no expensive aqueducts or bridges , nor any other ob- stacles [ 19 ] 14.
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... lock of ten feet lift with the main canal , is calculated to fill daily one hundred and forty - four locks ; a quantity sufficient on an average , for the daily passage of twenty - four ves- sels . A reservoir covering thirty , and ...
... lock of ten feet lift with the main canal , is calculated to fill daily one hundred and forty - four locks ; a quantity sufficient on an average , for the daily passage of twenty - four ves- sels . A reservoir covering thirty , and ...
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... locks , at 10,000 dollars each , ( The whole lockage being 148 feet , would at 1,250 dollars a foot , amount to 185,000 dollars . ) Feeder , ( nearly completed , ) reser- voirs , lock at the feeder , pur- $ 444,000 00 180,000 00 chase ...
... locks , at 10,000 dollars each , ( The whole lockage being 148 feet , would at 1,250 dollars a foot , amount to 185,000 dollars . ) Feeder , ( nearly completed , ) reser- voirs , lock at the feeder , pur- $ 444,000 00 180,000 00 chase ...
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advantages Algiers amount April Atlantic B. W. CROWNINSHIELD Bank Bank of Alexandria bey of Tunis bill boats brig captors carronades cents certificates Chesapeake and Delaware claim committee communication Congress court Creek Delaware Canal distance district dollars a mile duties Elizabeth River estimated execution expense falls February feeder feet wide following motion frigate honour hundred improvements James River January John John Gaillard July June Lake Erie Lake Ontario land legislature loan office locks March memorialist ment military motion for consideration Names and Rank Nathan Sanford naval Navy Department New-York obedient servant object opening petitioner Philadelphia port Potomack President provisions relief resolution Resolved respectfully ridge roads and canals Samuel seamen Secretary Senate ship Cyane sloop of war STEPHEN DECATUR submitted the following Susquehannah Thomas thousand dollars tide water tion tons treasury Tunis turnpike United vessels Virginia William
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Página 1 - I have the honour to be, with the highest respect, Sir, Your most obedient, humble Servant, JAMES BRYCE The Honourable ROBERT BACON, Secretary of State.
Página 7 - An act for enrolling or licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same.
Página 9 - Resolved, That the secretary of the treasury be directed to prepare and report to the senate at their next session, a plan for the application of such means as are within the power of Congress, to the purposes of opening roads and making canals...
Página 5 - Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to transmit copies of the foregoing report and resolutions to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress, with a request that they will...
Página 6 - No other single operation, within the power of government, can more effectually tend to strengthen and perpetuate that union which secures external independence, domestic peace, and internal liberty.
Página 9 - That before a clearance be granted to any vessel bound on a foreign voyage, the master thereof shall deliver to the collector of the customs a list containing the names, places of birth, and residence, and a description of the persons who compose his ship's company, to which list the oath or affirmation of the captain shall be annexed...