A History and New Gazetteer: Or Geographical Dictionary, of North America and the West IndiesS.W. Benedict, 1843 - 592 halaman |
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... white population ; the usual qualifica- tions being citizenship , with one or two years ' residence , and payment of taxes . The only exceptions are the following : -In Vermont , the legislature consists of a House of Representatives ...
... white population ; the usual qualifica- tions being citizenship , with one or two years ' residence , and payment of taxes . The only exceptions are the following : -In Vermont , the legislature consists of a House of Representatives ...
Halaman 49
... White Mountains , accounted the highest in the United States . The other most considerable summits are Moose- hillock , Monadnoc , Kearsarge , Sunapee , Ossipee , & c . Some of the most re- markable natural objects of curiosity are the ...
... White Mountains , accounted the highest in the United States . The other most considerable summits are Moose- hillock , Monadnoc , Kearsarge , Sunapee , Ossipee , & c . Some of the most re- markable natural objects of curiosity are the ...
Halaman 53
... White , Black , and Pasumsic . Fort Dummer , in the south - east part of Vermont , was built in History . 1724 ; and Bennington , the oldest town in the state , was chartered in 1749 , by Benning Wentworth , governor of New Hampshire ...
... White , Black , and Pasumsic . Fort Dummer , in the south - east part of Vermont , was built in History . 1724 ; and Bennington , the oldest town in the state , was chartered in 1749 , by Benning Wentworth , governor of New Hampshire ...
Halaman 65
... white male citizen of the United States , who shall have gained a settlement in this state , attained the age of 21 years , and resided in the town in which he may offer himself to be admitted to the privilege of an elector , at least ...
... white male citizen of the United States , who shall have gained a settlement in this state , attained the age of 21 years , and resided in the town in which he may offer himself to be admitted to the privilege of an elector , at least ...
Halaman 69
... white as snow . Near the middle of this hall an arched way extends through , which , like the hall , is bordered with curtains , hung over with stalactites . Returning into the hall , you pass through another arch into a number of rooms ...
... white as snow . Near the middle of this hall an arched way extends through , which , like the hall , is bordered with curtains , hung over with stalactites . Returning into the hall , you pass through another arch into a number of rooms ...
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Halaman 33 - To borrow money on the credit of the United States ; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, throughout the United States ; To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of...
Halaman 30 - STEPHEN HOPKINS, WILLIAM ELLERY. CONNECTICUT. ROGER SHERMAN, SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, OLIVER WOLCOTT. NEW YORK. WILLIAM FLOYD, PHILIP LIVINGSTON, FRANCIS LEWIS, LEWIS MORRIS. NEW JERSEY. RICHARD STOCKTON, JOHN WITHERSPOON, FRANCIS HOPKINSON, JOHN HART, ABRAHAM CLARK. PENNSYLVANIA. ROBERT MORRIS, BENJAMIN RUSH, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JOHN MORTON, GEORGE CLYMER, JAMES SMITH, GEORGE TAYLOR, JAMES WILSON, GEORGE ROSS.
Halaman 29 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country ; to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
Halaman 29 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them from Time to Time of attempts by their Legislature to extend an unwarrantable Jurisdiction over us...
Halaman 38 - Provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article ; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. ARTICLE VI. All debts contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of this Constitution shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution as under the Confederation.
Halaman 96 - The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent.
Halaman 95 - If the view from the top be painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful in an equal extreme. It is impossible for the emotions arising from the sublime to be felt beyond what they are here; so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven! The rapture of the spectator is really indescribable!
Halaman 95 - Its breadth in the middle, is about 60 feet, but more at the ends, and the thickness of the mass at the summit of the arch, about 40 feet. A part of this thickness is constituted by a coat of earth, which gives growth to many large trees. The residue, with the hill on both sides, is one solid rock of limestone.
Halaman 96 - The first glance of this scene hurries our senses into the opinion, that this earth has been created in time, , that the mountains were formed first, that the rivers began to flow afterwards, that in this place particularly they have been dammed up by the Blue ridge of mountains, and have formed an ocean which filled the whole valley ; that continuing to rise they have at length broken over at this spot, and have torn the mountain down from its summit to its base.
Halaman 152 - Brule in a direct line to the center of the channel between Middle and South Islands, in the Lake of the Desert; thence in a direct line to the head waters of the Montreal river, as marked upon the survey made by Captain Cramm; thence down the main channel of the Montreal river to the middle of Lake Superior; thence through the center of Lake Superior to the mouth of the St.