A Chorographical and Statistical Description of the District of Columbia: The Seat of the General Government of the United StatesSmith, 1816 - 212 páginas |
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... annual amount of tolls , or tonnage , has been ex- pended on the further improvements of the navigation . In 1807 , the expenses of that of the Potomac amounted to 375,648 dollars ; of the Shenandoah , to 65,000 ; and of the Cone ...
... annual amount of tolls , or tonnage , has been ex- pended on the further improvements of the navigation . In 1807 , the expenses of that of the Potomac amounted to 375,648 dollars ; of the Shenandoah , to 65,000 ; and of the Cone ...
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... , always residents of this dis- trict , whose features and general appearance indicated a very advanced age . Mr. Blodget has , we know not from what data , estimated the annual deaths , in Washington city , at 1 ( 16 )
... , always residents of this dis- trict , whose features and general appearance indicated a very advanced age . Mr. Blodget has , we know not from what data , estimated the annual deaths , in Washington city , at 1 ( 16 )
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... annual deaths are as one to 23 , and in towns as 1 to 28. In a new city where there is a constant influx of inha- bitants , it is difficult to keep such registers of deaths as would be necessary to ascertain with precision the mean term ...
... annual deaths are as one to 23 , and in towns as 1 to 28. In a new city where there is a constant influx of inha- bitants , it is difficult to keep such registers of deaths as would be necessary to ascertain with precision the mean term ...
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... annual return- ing malady . When marshy places become dry , fishes , insects , and decaying vegetable substances , exposed to the action of a burn- ing sun , generate those gazeous miasms , which , absorbed by the body , produce weak ...
... annual return- ing malady . When marshy places become dry , fishes , insects , and decaying vegetable substances , exposed to the action of a burn- ing sun , generate those gazeous miasms , which , absorbed by the body , produce weak ...
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... annual tax of nine dollars was laid on all dogs of the female kind . In 1810 , a tax of one half of one per cent , or fifty cents on the value of every hundred dollars , was laid on real or personal property . On male slaves , between ...
... annual tax of nine dollars was laid on all dogs of the female kind . In 1810 , a tax of one half of one per cent , or fifty cents on the value of every hundred dollars , was laid on real or personal property . On male slaves , between ...
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A Chorographical and Statistical Description of the District of Columbia ... David Bailie Warden Visualização integral - 1816 |
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