The Geographical Catechism of Pennsylvania: And the Western States; Designed as a Guide and Pocket Companion, for Travellers and Emigrants, to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Missouri; Containing a Geographical and Early Historical Account of These Several States, from Their First Settlement Up to the Present TimeBonsal & Desilver, 1837 - 384 páginas |
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Página 24
... clay slate ; the line of demarcation being nearly in the centre . The whole ex- tent , within the state , is about one hundred and sixty miles . The limestone section is rather level , having a most pro- ductive soil . Planted with ...
... clay slate ; the line of demarcation being nearly in the centre . The whole ex- tent , within the state , is about one hundred and sixty miles . The limestone section is rather level , having a most pro- ductive soil . Planted with ...
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... Clay Slate , Primitive Limestone , Primitive Trap , Serpentine , Porphyry , Sienite , Topaz Rock , Quartz Rock , Primitive Flinty Slate , Primitive Gypsum , White Stone . The strata of these rocks run from a north and south , to a ...
... Clay Slate , Primitive Limestone , Primitive Trap , Serpentine , Porphyry , Sienite , Topaz Rock , Quartz Rock , Primitive Flinty Slate , Primitive Gypsum , White Stone . The strata of these rocks run from a north and south , to a ...
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... accompanied by the usual attendants , slaty clay , and freestone with vegetable impressions , & c , but in no instance covered by , or alternative with , any rock , resembling basalt , or indeed any of those OF PENNSYLVANIA . 31.
... accompanied by the usual attendants , slaty clay , and freestone with vegetable impressions , & c , but in no instance covered by , or alternative with , any rock , resembling basalt , or indeed any of those OF PENNSYLVANIA . 31.
Página 32
... clay iron stone in beds ; galena , but whether in beds or veins has not been ascertained . " Large detached masses of granite , are found lying on this formation from Harmony to Erie , and from thence by the Genessee country to Fort Ann ...
... clay iron stone in beds ; galena , but whether in beds or veins has not been ascertained . " Large detached masses of granite , are found lying on this formation from Harmony to Erie , and from thence by the Genessee country to Fort Ann ...
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... clay slate . On the Lehigh , the limestone and slate touch at a place called the Slates , seven or eight miles above Allentown . Thence the line of separation extends S. W. , through Berks county ; leaving Kutztown on the limestone ...
... clay slate . On the Lehigh , the limestone and slate touch at a place called the Slates , seven or eight miles above Allentown . Thence the line of separation extends S. W. , through Berks county ; leaving Kutztown on the limestone ...
Términos y frases comunes
30 miles Alleghany angle bank Beaver boundaries bounded north branches canal centre chain Chester Chief town Cincinnati clay coal coun county is bounded course Crawford Crawford county creek Delaware divided drained east Erie canal extends Fayette feet fertile flowing following townships Fork Franklin Harrisburg hills hilly Illinois Illinois river Indiana iron Jackson Jefferson Kittatinny Kittatinny mountain lake Erie lake Michigan Lancaster Lehigh Length limestone loam Madison mean breadth Miami Michigan mill mineral Mississippi Monroe mountain mouth Muskingum Muskingum river navigation nearly northeast northern northwest Ohio river Pennsylvania Perry Perry county Philadelphia Pike Pittsburg population in 1830 prairies principal railroad rich Ridge river separating Rock Sandusky Schuylkill Scioto Scioto river seat of justice slope soil sources southeast southern southwest spring square miles streams surface Susquehanna river table land thence timber tion traversed Tuscarawas Union valley Vermillion Vermillion county Wabash river Warren Wayne western White river
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Página 189 - The judges of the supreme court shall, by virtue of their offices, be conservators of the peace throughout the state.
Página 190 - The person of a debtor, where there is not strong presumption of fraud, shall not be continued in prison after delivering up his estate for the benefit of his creditors in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.
Página 375 - They shall have power to oblige the owners of slaves to treat them with humanity, to provide for them necessary food and clothing, to abstain from all injuries to them extending to life or limb...
Página 52 - No person who acknowledges the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this Commonwealth.
Página 188 - SECTION 1. The legislative authority of this State shall be vested in a General Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives...
Página 51 - Every bill which shall have passed both houses shall be presented to the Governor; if he approve he shall sign it, but if he shall not approve he shall return it with his objections to the house in which it shall have originated, which house shall enter the objections at large upon their journal, and proceed to reconsider it.
Página 188 - No senator or representative shall, during the time for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil office of profit under this state, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during such term, except such offices as may be filled by elections by the people.
Página 189 - The judicial power of this state, both as to matters of law and equity, shall be vested In a supreme court, circuit courts, courts of probate, and in Justices of the peace.
Página 51 - ... of the general assembly ; the person having the highest number of votes shall be governor ; but if two or more shall be equal and highest in votes, then one of them shall be chosen governor by joint ballot of both houses of the general assembly.
Página 190 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men, in a public capacity, or when the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.