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... able to resume it , a promise was extorted from me to arrange the few notes I had taken , and to give them to the public in some trifling form , which , while it had no pretensions to the perfection of a picture , might still exhibit to ...
... able to resume it , a promise was extorted from me to arrange the few notes I had taken , and to give them to the public in some trifling form , which , while it had no pretensions to the perfection of a picture , might still exhibit to ...
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... able of the former , noticed by preceding and able writers , are , the presence of the parakeet , thousands of which enliven our woods , winter and summer , the existence of many plants that cannot support the cold of the Atlantic ...
... able of the former , noticed by preceding and able writers , are , the presence of the parakeet , thousands of which enliven our woods , winter and summer , the existence of many plants that cannot support the cold of the Atlantic ...
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... able for pleasantness . Combustion is much more rapid here than in the Atlantic states , a remark made by several others besides myself , Whether this be owing to the spongy and porous nature of the wood , arising from its rapid growth ...
... able for pleasantness . Combustion is much more rapid here than in the Atlantic states , a remark made by several others besides myself , Whether this be owing to the spongy and porous nature of the wood , arising from its rapid growth ...
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... able seasons it has been known to yield 100 bush- els to the acre . Wheat sown in the same ground The prices of lands are various , from 10 to 200 dollars per acre , and the ti- tles to all of them not exactly what could be wished ...
... able seasons it has been known to yield 100 bush- els to the acre . Wheat sown in the same ground The prices of lands are various , from 10 to 200 dollars per acre , and the ti- tles to all of them not exactly what could be wished ...
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... able impetus of the mighty phalanx . Of the vast numbers of these animals , that once cover- ed the prairies of Kentucky , not one is to be found at the present hour - an enemy to civil- ized man , they retire before his approaches ...
... able impetus of the mighty phalanx . Of the vast numbers of these animals , that once cover- ed the prairies of Kentucky , not one is to be found at the present hour - an enemy to civil- ized man , they retire before his approaches ...
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Page 201 - French, under his patent, and owned by a company at that place. She made two voyages to Louisville in the summer of 1814, under the command of Captain J. Gregg. On the 1st...
Page 201 - ... Daniel French, on his patent, and owned by a company at that place. She made two voyages to Louisville in the summer of 1814, under the command of Capt.
Page 115 - ... Main street, been laid off so as to have extended 90 feet from the brink of the second bank, forming an avenue front of the town, and had no houses been permitted to exist north of that avenue those to the south all fronting it, and of course the river, Louisville would have exhibited a coup d'oeil, surpassed, in point of beauty, by few in the world. As it is, the town has turned its back upon the varied and interesting prospect presented by the Ohio and its Falls...
Page 149 - Jist complete. To affirm that Louisville is a healthy city, would be absurd, but it is much more so than the thousand tongues of fame would make us believe, and as many of the causes which prevent it from becoming perfectly so, can be removed, a few years hence may find the favorable alterations accomplished, and do away the general impression of its being the grave yard of the western country.
Page 119 - tis true, but within whose magic round abounds every pleasure that wealth, regulated by taste, or urbanity can bestow. There the 'red heel' of Versailles may imagine himself in the emporium of fashion, and whilst leading beauty through the mazes of the dance, forget that he is in the wilds of America.
Page 201 - ... Sailed from Pittsburgh for New Orleans in March 1815, under the command of Captain A. Gale, made the voyage, and then went into the Natchez trade — was commanded by Captain R. De Hart who made six voyages in her, and then again by Captain Gale.
Page 201 - ... 624 miles. For some time after, she was actively engaged in transporting troops. She made one voyage to the gulf of Mexico as a cartel, one voyage to the rapids of Red river with troops, and nine voyages to Natchez. She...
Page 160 - is situated two miles below Louisville, immediately at the foot of the rapids, and is built upon the beautiful plain or bottom which commences at the mouth of Beargrass Creek, through which, under the brow of the second bank, the contemplated canal will in all probability be cut. The town originally consisted of forty-five acres, but it has since received considerable additions. The lots are 75 by...