A Compendium of Geography: Being a Concise Description of the Various Parts of the World; Adapted to the Capacities of Children and Youth. ...Phinehas Allen., 1815 - 78 σελίδες |
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... Philadelphia . Q. What is the extent of America ? A. It is 9,300 miles in length , and its average breadth is about 2000 miles . Q. How is this continent bounded ? A. East by the Atlantic ; south by the South- ern ocean ; west by the ...
... Philadelphia . Q. What is the extent of America ? A. It is 9,300 miles in length , and its average breadth is about 2000 miles . Q. How is this continent bounded ? A. East by the Atlantic ; south by the South- ern ocean ; west by the ...
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... Philadelphia , one at Carlisle called Dickenson college ; Franklin college at Lancaster , and another at Washington . The a- cademies are eight . At Bethlehem and Naza- reth are celebrated Moravian schools for young gentlemen and ladies ...
... Philadelphia , one at Carlisle called Dickenson college ; Franklin college at Lancaster , and another at Washington . The a- cademies are eight . At Bethlehem and Naza- reth are celebrated Moravian schools for young gentlemen and ladies ...
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... Philadelphia . Delaware , 72,674 Dover . Maryland , 380,546 Annapolis . Ohio , 231,703 Marietta . Indiana Territory , 24,520 Vincenres . Michigan Territory , 4,762 Detroit . District of Columbia , Virginia , 24,025 Washington . 965,079 44.
... Philadelphia . Delaware , 72,674 Dover . Maryland , 380,546 Annapolis . Ohio , 231,703 Marietta . Indiana Territory , 24,520 Vincenres . Michigan Territory , 4,762 Detroit . District of Columbia , Virginia , 24,025 Washington . 965,079 44.
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... Philadelphia taken by Gen. Howe . Gen. Burgoyne and his army captured by the Americans at Saratoga . 1778 A treaty of alliance formed between France and the United States . The British troops evacuated Philadelphia . 1780 Arnold deserts ...
... Philadelphia taken by Gen. Howe . Gen. Burgoyne and his army captured by the Americans at Saratoga . 1778 A treaty of alliance formed between France and the United States . The British troops evacuated Philadelphia . 1780 Arnold deserts ...
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... Philadelphia . 1795 Holland conquered by the French . 1796 General Washington resigned the Presi- dency of the United States . 1798 The battle of the Nile , under Lord Nelson . 1799 General Washington died . 1800 Great Britain and ...
... Philadelphia . 1795 Holland conquered by the French . 1796 General Washington resigned the Presi- dency of the United States . 1798 The battle of the Nile , under Lord Nelson . 1799 General Washington died . 1800 Great Britain and ...
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Σελίδα 2 - CLERK'S OFFIcE. BE it remembered, that on the eleventh day of November, AD 1830, in the fiftyfifth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Gray & Bowen, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof...
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Σελίδα 7 - Q. What is the axis of the earth ? A. An imaginary line passing through the centre of the earth from north to south, the extreme points of which are called the poles.
Σελίδα 45 - States, bounded on the north by British Columbia; on the south by the Gulf of Mexico; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Σελίδα 9 - Q. What is an Island ? A. A portion of land entirely surrounded by water. Q. What is a Peninsula? A. A portion 'of land almost surrounded by water. Q. What is an Isthmus ? A. A neck joining two larger portions of land. Q. What is a Cape ? A. A point of land extending into the water. Q.
Σελίδα 40 - States, is bounded on the north by Tennessee, east by Georgia, south by Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, and west by Mississippi.
Σελίδα 26 - In no part of the world is the education of all ranks of people more attended to than in Connecticut ; almost every town in the State is divided into districts, and each district has a public school kept in it a greater or less part of every year. Somewhat more than...
Σελίδα 43 - On the north by unknown regions ; east by Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico ; south by the Isthmus of Darien ; and west by the Pacific ocean.
Σελίδα 29 - ... Manufactures are rapidly on the increase, and the demands of an increasing intercourse are ever calling for new establishments. In 1850 the county contained 3,984 dwellings, 4,003 families, 24,013 inhabitants, 1,581 farms, and 179 productive establishments. INDIANAPOLIS is the county seat and also CAPITAL OF THE STATE. It is situated on the east bank of the west fork of White river, in latitude 39° 46' north and longitude 86° 4' west, and is as nearly as possible in the center of the state.