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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... passing through New - Hampshire and Ver- mont , where they are more peaked and prominent than in any other part of the United States , they assume various altitudes through Massachusetts , New - York , the upper parts of Connecticut and ...
... passing through New - Hampshire and Ver- mont , where they are more peaked and prominent than in any other part of the United States , they assume various altitudes through Massachusetts , New - York , the upper parts of Connecticut and ...
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... pass . The principal lakes are formed by the St. Lawrence , and shall be no- ticed in the description of that river accordingly . River St. Lawrence . The head waters of this river are situated round Lake Superior . On the west is the ...
... pass . The principal lakes are formed by the St. Lawrence , and shall be no- ticed in the description of that river accordingly . River St. Lawrence . The head waters of this river are situated round Lake Superior . On the west is the ...
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... passes into Lake Ontario over two bars ; the water on the inner bar being about 18 feet , and on the outer about 24 feet deep . Lake Ontario is about 180 miles long by 40 miles broad , and its square contents about 7,200 miles . Its ...
... passes into Lake Ontario over two bars ; the water on the inner bar being about 18 feet , and on the outer about 24 feet deep . Lake Ontario is about 180 miles long by 40 miles broad , and its square contents about 7,200 miles . Its ...
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... passing Lake Superior , are the following : North side - Nepissing River , Thames River , Grand River , Chip- peway Creek , Trent River , Outawas River , St. Maurice River , Sequenai River , and Black River . On the south side - Miami ...
... passing Lake Superior , are the following : North side - Nepissing River , Thames River , Grand River , Chip- peway Creek , Trent River , Outawas River , St. Maurice River , Sequenai River , and Black River . On the south side - Miami ...
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... passing over several minor streams , it receives at the distance of 70 miles Dearborn's River from the north - west , a stream which flows upwards of 100 miles . Seventy miles N. W. Smith's River flows in from the eastward , and the ...
... passing over several minor streams , it receives at the distance of 70 miles Dearborn's River from the north - west , a stream which flows upwards of 100 miles . Seventy miles N. W. Smith's River flows in from the eastward , and the ...
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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...