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 páginas |
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... broad , and pretty deep , with a gravelly shore and transparent water ; and its surface is chequered with a number of beautiful islands . This river runs about 32 miles and falls into Lake St. Clair . Lake St. Clair is a beautiful sheet ...
... broad , and pretty deep , with a gravelly shore and transparent water ; and its surface is chequered with a number of beautiful islands . This river runs about 32 miles and falls into Lake St. Clair . Lake St. Clair is a beautiful sheet ...
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... broad , and very deep , with a rapid current ; the water being un- commonly pure . About 5 miles below , it divides into two channels , the main branch being on the west side , and be- tween them they embody several islands , the chief ...
... broad , and very deep , with a rapid current ; the water being un- commonly pure . About 5 miles below , it divides into two channels , the main branch being on the west side , and be- tween them they embody several islands , the chief ...
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... broad , and its square contents about 7,200 miles . Its average depth is estimated at about 80 fathoms . At the east end of Lake Ontario the river passes through a singular group of islands , called emphatically the 1,000 Islands ...
... broad , and its square contents about 7,200 miles . Its average depth is estimated at about 80 fathoms . At the east end of Lake Ontario the river passes through a singular group of islands , called emphatically the 1,000 Islands ...
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... broad at its outlet , and is about the same size here as the Missouri . After the junction with the Yellow Stone , the Missouri becomes a very large stream , and it will be seen by inspection on the map that it is yet far be- yond the ...
... broad at its outlet , and is about the same size here as the Missouri . After the junction with the Yellow Stone , the Missouri becomes a very large stream , and it will be seen by inspection on the map that it is yet far be- yond the ...
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... broad , and very deep , running with a strong current , the waters being muddy and turbid . The Mississippi on the other hand is a clear broad stream , and rather shallow . It does not contain so much water , nor does it spread over ...
... broad , and very deep , running with a strong current , the waters being muddy and turbid . The Mississippi on the other hand is a clear broad stream , and rather shallow . It does not contain so much water , nor does it spread over ...
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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...