The American Geography: Or, a View of the Present Situation of the United States of America: Containing Astronomical Geography.--geographical Definitions, Discovery, and General Description ... with a Particular Description of Kentucky, the Western Territory, and Vermont ... to which is Added, an Abridgement of the Geography of the British, Spanish, French and Dutch Dominions in America and the West Indies.--of Europe, Asia, and Africa |
מתוך הספר
עמוד 102
... duty called them to defend by all lawful means , This assembly remonstrated
against the fortification of Boston Neck , and against the Quebec Bill ; and
resolved upon a suspension of commerce , an encouragement of arts and
manufactures ...
... duty called them to defend by all lawful means , This assembly remonstrated
against the fortification of Boston Neck , and against the Quebec Bill ; and
resolved upon a suspension of commerce , an encouragement of arts and
manufactures ...
עמוד 103
In April , Colonel Smith and Major Pitcairn were sent with a body of about nine
hundred troops , to destroy the military stores which had been collected at
Concord , about twenty miles from Boston . It is believed , that another object of
this ...
In April , Colonel Smith and Major Pitcairn were sent with a body of about nine
hundred troops , to destroy the military stores which had been collected at
Concord , about twenty miles from Boston . It is believed , that another object of
this ...
עמוד 169
in falls across the south - west end of Brooklyn hills , and passing near
Framingham pond , runs north - east to Cambridge ; hence winding round in a
finuous course falls into Boston harbour . Taunton river rises in the Blue
Mountains , which ...
in falls across the south - west end of Brooklyn hills , and passing near
Framingham pond , runs north - east to Cambridge ; hence winding round in a
finuous course falls into Boston harbour . Taunton river rises in the Blue
Mountains , which ...
עמוד 177
towns of Boston , Charleston , Cambridge , Waterton , Roxbury , and Dorchester ,
are , ex officiis , overseers of the University , The corporation is a distinct body ,
consisting of seven members , in whom is vetted the property of the university .
towns of Boston , Charleston , Cambridge , Waterton , Roxbury , and Dorchester ,
are , ex officiis , overseers of the University , The corporation is a distinct body ,
consisting of seven members , in whom is vetted the property of the university .
עמוד 178
In Boston there are two grammar schools , and four for writing , & c . whose
masters are supported by the town : besides twelve or fourteen private schools . It
has been computed , that during the fiege in 1775 , as many houses were
destroyed ...
In Boston there are two grammar schools , and four for writing , & c . whose
masters are supported by the town : besides twelve or fourteen private schools . It
has been computed , that during the fiege in 1775 , as many houses were
destroyed ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
alſo America annually appears appointed army arrived banks body branches Britiſh called Cape carried church civil colony command common Congreſs Connecticut conſiderable contains continued council courſe court divided eaſt England Engliſh equal eſtabliſhed falls feet firſt five four French governor granted head houſe hundred important increaſe Indians inhabitants iſland kind king Lake land late latitude length live manner March Maſſachuſetts miles moſt mountains mouth natural navigable New-York obſerved ocean peace perſons preſent preſident principal produce Providence province Quakers received reſpect riſes river runs ſaid ſame ſea ſettled ſettlement ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſide ſituation ſmall ſome ſouth ſpring ſtate ſuch taken themſelves thence theſe thoſe tion town trade troops United uſe Virginia weſt whole York
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 20 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
עמוד 155 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
עמוד 86 - ... be capable of holding any office under the United States for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
עמוד 35 - 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, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
עמוד 35 - 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 to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
עמוד 467 - The inhabitants of the said territory, shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law.
עמוד 35 - Ocean: 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...
עמוד 466 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions, are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter' shall be formed in the said territory...
עמוד 35 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie through the middle of said lake...
עמוד 366 - ... 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...
מידע ביבליוגרפי
| כותרת | The American Geography: Or, a View of the Present Situation of the United States of America: Containing Astronomical Geography.--geographical Definitions, Discovery, and General Description ... with a Particular Description of Kentucky, the Western Territory, and Vermont ... to which is Added ... |
| מאת | Jedidiah Morse |
| מהדורה | 2 |
| הוצאה | John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1792 |
| מקור מאת | אוניברסיטת הרווארד |
| דיגיטלי | 28 אוגוסט 2007 |
| אורך | 536 עמודים |
| ייצא ציטוט ביביליוגרפי | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |