Memoirs of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture: Containing Communications on Various Subjects in Husbandry & Rural Affairs, Volume 1Johnson & Warner, 1815 - Agriculture Vol. 1- includes a statistical account of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge. |
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