Statistics of the West: At the Close of the Year 1836J. A. James & Company, 1836 - 272 sider |
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... population of his own state set down as characteristic of the whole people ? Suppose some one should write of them - the child is brought up in the love of money , and the hatred of Roman Catholics . Mothers encourage their children to ...
... population of his own state set down as characteristic of the whole people ? Suppose some one should write of them - the child is brought up in the love of money , and the hatred of Roman Catholics . Mothers encourage their children to ...
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... population , and the most valuable tract of coun- try in the United States . It embraces the states of Ken- tucky , Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , Missouri , the territory of Michigan , and parts of Virginia , Pennsylvania , and Ten ...
... population , and the most valuable tract of coun- try in the United States . It embraces the states of Ken- tucky , Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , Missouri , the territory of Michigan , and parts of Virginia , Pennsylvania , and Ten ...
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... population appear , the imagination is continually reaching forward to the period when these luxuriant spots shall maintain their millions . The absence of population alluded to , is to be consid- ered in a comparative sense . With Ohio ...
... population appear , the imagination is continually reaching forward to the period when these luxuriant spots shall maintain their millions . The absence of population alluded to , is to be consid- ered in a comparative sense . With Ohio ...
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... population , are , for the most part , the immedi- ate descendants of the hardy men by whose courage the country was subdued , and by whose enterprise its resour- ces were brought into operation . This beautiful region extends to the ...
... population , are , for the most part , the immedi- ate descendants of the hardy men by whose courage the country was subdued , and by whose enterprise its resour- ces were brought into operation . This beautiful region extends to the ...
Side 89
... population . Although thousands of acres of woodland are annually cleared , it is unques- tionably true , that the quantity of timber in the whole region in which prairies are embraced , is increasing with every year . Wherever a ...
... population . Although thousands of acres of woodland are annually cleared , it is unques- tionably true , that the quantity of timber in the whole region in which prairies are embraced , is increasing with every year . Wherever a ...
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Side 156 - No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Side 155 - The legislatures of those districts or new states shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers.
Side 163 - American army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said states, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever...
Side 155 - Ohio into distinct republican states not more than five nor less than three as the situation or that country and future circumstances may require : which states shall hereafter become members of the federal union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the original in conformity with the resolution of Congress of the 10th of October, 1780.
Side 155 - St. Vincents, and the neighboring villages, who have professed themselves citizens of Virginia, shall have their possessions and titles confirmed to them, and be protected in the enjoyment of their rights and liberties.
Side 73 - ... rising from behind a distant swell of the plain, and glittering upon the dew-drops, no scene can be more lovely to the eye. The deer is seen grazing quietly upon the plain ; the bee is on the wing ; the wolf, with his tail...
Side 74 - The gayety of the prairie, its embellishments, and the absence of the gloom and savage wildness of the forest, all contribute to dispel the feeling of lonesomeness which usually creeps over the mind of the solitary traveller in the wilderness. Though he may not see a house, nor a human being, and is conscious that he is far from the habitations...
Side 187 - It may well deserve consideration, therefore, whether at a period demanding the amicable and permanent adjustment of the various subjects which now agitate the public mind, these may not be advantageously disposed of, in common with the others, and upon principles just and satisfactory to all parts of the Union. "It must be admitted that the public lands were ceded by the states, or subsequently acquired by the United States, for the common benefit; and that each state has an interest in their proceeds,...
Side 155 - That all the lands within the territory so ceded to the United States, and not reserved for or appropriated to any of the before-mentioned purposes, or disposed of in bounties to the officers and soldiers of the American Army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance...
Side 228 - The day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches from my invention, but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do anything worthy of attention.
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