View of the United States, Historical, Geographical, and Statistical: Exhibiting, in a Convenient Form, the Natural and Artificial Features of the Several States, and Embracing Those Leading Branches of History and Statistics Best Adapted to Develop the Present Condition of the North American Union ...H. S. Tanner, 1828 |
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aggregate alluvial April Arkansas Asia Atchafalaya Atlantic ocean Baltimore basin boundary canal Cape Chief Towns climate coast colony coloured commenced Connecticut Connecticut river continued creek cultivated December degrees of latitude Delaware difference earth east eastern elevation entire outline Europe extending extremes Fahrenheit February feet Florida formed frozen geographical Georgia Gulf of Mexico harbour hilly Hudson Illinois Indiana interior Island January July Lake Erie lake Michigan land latter Louisiana March Maryland Massachusetts mean temperature mean width meridians Mississippi river Missouri mountains mouth natural navigable Niagara river North America northern observations October Ohio river Pennsylvania Political population prevailing prevalent winds Red river region relative right bank rises S. W. angle soil South Carolina southern square miles streams surface Tennessee territory Thence due thermometer tides tion United valley vegetables Virginia Welland canal western whole York zone
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Seite 454 - Henry, Highland. Isle of Wight. James City. King and Queen, King George, King William. Lancaster, Lee, Loudoun, Louisa, Lunenburg.
Seite 322 - In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, intituled, " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Seite 322 - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners.
Seite 490 - Ja 1664, the colony on the Delaware fell, with other parts of New Amsterdam, into the hands of the English, and was granted by Charles II to his brother James, duke of York, who, in 1682, conveyed it, as far as cape Henlopen, to William Penn.
Seite 483 - ... of water. The soil, on the rivers, is exceedingly fertile ; but, in other parts, much of it is sterile. Throughout most of the country, there is a great scarcity of water. The climate is subject to great extremes of heat and cold, and is unhealthy to new settlers. Arkansas was discovered and settled by the French, under the chevalier de Tonti, as early as 1685. In the various transfers of territory, it followed the fate of other parts of Louisiana, until February, 1819, when, by a law of congress,...
Seite 416 - Ice and snow :' says Kotzebue, ' have maintained their rule here (in Asia) since last year, and in this state we find the whole coast ; while in America, even the summits of the highest mountains are free from snow : there the navigator sees the coast covered with a green carpet, while here, black, mossy rocks frown upon .him, with snow and icicles.
Seite 355 - May, 1804, in the 26th and 27th degrees of latitude, a celerity of eighty miles in twenty-four hours, or five feet every second, though at this period the north wind blew with great violence. At the end of the Gulf of Florida, in the parallel of Cape Cannaveral, the Gulf-stream, or current of Florida, runs to the north-east. Its rapidity resembles that of a torrent, and is sometimes five miles an hour.
Seite 421 - Doctor Williamson and others have endeavoured to show that clearing, draining and cultivation, extended over the face of a continent, must produce the double effect of a relaxation of the rigours of winter, and an abatement of the heats of summer; the former is probably more evident than the latter, but admitting the demonstration to be conclusive, I would enquire whether a partial clearing extending 30 or 40 miles square, may not be expected to produce a contrary...
Seite 594 - ... no permanent establishment was formed, when the few settlers then in the country fixed on Oyster point, between Ashley and Cooper rivers, and laid the foundation of the city of Charleston. A grant had, however, been made, in...
Seite 590 - ... present government ; Rhode Island being the only state in the union without a written constitution. The last historic event, particular to this little colony for upward of one hundred years, was the foundation of Brown University in 1664. This tranquil period was terminated in 1765, by the stamp-act, against which, and every other violence of the British government, the people of Rhode Island opposed a steady and effectual resistance. As early as 1774, the royal stores and artillery in the colony...