A Chorographical and Statistical Description of the District of Columbia: The Seat of the General Government of the United StatesSmith, 1816 - 212 σελίδες |
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... canals , con- structed at very considerable expence . At the great falls of the Potomac , boats pass through a canal one mile in length , six feet deep , and twenty - five feet wide , descending seventy - six feet by means of five locks ...
... canals , con- structed at very considerable expence . At the great falls of the Potomac , boats pass through a canal one mile in length , six feet deep , and twenty - five feet wide , descending seventy - six feet by means of five locks ...
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... canals , without locks , have also been completed . The first , below Harper's Ferry , at Shenandoah Falls , where the Potomac breaks through the Blue Ridge , is a mile in length . The second , along the Seneca Falls , is three ...
... canals , without locks , have also been completed . The first , below Harper's Ferry , at Shenandoah Falls , where the Potomac breaks through the Blue Ridge , is a mile in length . The second , along the Seneca Falls , is three ...
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... canals , each twenty feet in breadth , and four and a half in depth , extending two thousand four hundred yards . The water of all the locks and canals is supplied by the river.- The boat navigation of the north , or main branch , of ...
... canals , each twenty feet in breadth , and four and a half in depth , extending two thousand four hundred yards . The water of all the locks and canals is supplied by the river.- The boat navigation of the north , or main branch , of ...
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... canal . White hore - hound and sweet - fennel5 , of which there is great plenty , are employed by the inhabitants for medicinal drinks . The odour 2 Then Secretary of the French Legation in the United States , now chargé d'affaires at ...
... canal . White hore - hound and sweet - fennel5 , of which there is great plenty , are employed by the inhabitants for medicinal drinks . The odour 2 Then Secretary of the French Legation in the United States , now chargé d'affaires at ...
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... canal . Mr. Godon , in his " Observations to serve for the mineralogical map of the State of Maryland , " observes , that Rock Creek se- parates the primitive from the alluvial soil . In the former gneiss abounds , which is suc- ceeded ...
... canal . Mr. Godon , in his " Observations to serve for the mineralogical map of the State of Maryland , " observes , that Rock Creek se- parates the primitive from the alluvial soil . In the former gneiss abounds , which is suc- ceeded ...
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Σελίδα 91 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Σελίδα 71 - Books hath or have been already printed, and published, unless he shall first deposit, and in all other cases, unless he shall before publication deposit a printed Copy of the title of such Map, Chart, Book or Books in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, where the Author or Proprietor shall reside...
Σελίδα 112 - Society, be, and shall be for ever hereafter able and capable in law to sue, and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in all...
Σελίδα 32 - Rome ! Where tribunes rule, where dusky Davi bow, And what was Goose-Creek once is Tiber now ! This famed metropolis, where fancy sees Squares in morasses, obelisks in trees ; Which travelling fools and gazetteers adorn With shrines unbuilt and heroes yet unborn...
Σελίδα 26 - And whereas many Foreigners and Strangers from the Lenity of our Government, the Purity of our Religion, the Benefit of our Laws, the Advantages of our Trade, and the Security of our Property, might be induced to come and settle in some of His Majesty's Colonies in America, if they were made Partakers of the Advantages and Privileges which the natural born Subjects of this Realm do enjoy...
Σελίδα 110 - ... and constituted a corporation and body politic, in law, and in fact, to have continuance for...
Σελίδα 112 - Title aforesaid, shall be able and capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any Court or Courts, before any Judge or Judges, Justice or Justices, in all manner of suits, complaints, pleas, causes, matters and demands...
Σελίδα 30 - ... that, situated as we are in this western hemisphere, more than three thousand miles from any fixed or known meridian, it would be proper, in a national point of view, to establish a first meridian for ourselves; and that measures should be taken for the eventual establishment of such a meridian in the United States. " In examining the maps and charts of the United States, and the particular states, or their...
Σελίδα 112 - That the said Corporation shall have full power and authority to make, have, and use a common seal...
Σελίδα 112 - That the said corporation by the name, style and title aforesaid be and shall be forever hereafter able and capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in any court or courts or...