Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of the Best and Rarest Contemporary Volumes of Travel, Descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic Conditions in the Middle and Far West, During the Period of Early American Settlement, Band 3Reuben Gold Thwaites A. H. Clark Company, 1904 |
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... distance in reality by this route was somewhat less than this.—ED. ' Hugh H. Brackenridge was at this time the most prominent lawyer in Pittsburg , whither he had come in 1781 , after graduating at Princeton and serving as chaplain in ...
... distance in reality by this route was somewhat less than this.—ED. ' Hugh H. Brackenridge was at this time the most prominent lawyer in Pittsburg , whither he had come in 1781 , after graduating at Princeton and serving as chaplain in ...
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... distance of two miles only on the point of a small island on which I found Acer negundo , rubrum , saccharum ; Evonimus capsulis glabris.13 The 15th recognized at 20 Miles from Pittsburgh Pavia 11 The writer here uses the term " Fort ...
... distance of two miles only on the point of a small island on which I found Acer negundo , rubrum , saccharum ; Evonimus capsulis glabris.13 The 15th recognized at 20 Miles from Pittsburgh Pavia 11 The writer here uses the term " Fort ...
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... distance of 35 Miles recognized Iresine celosioides on the banks of the belle rivière where they are submerged by the great inundations . Passed a small river called Gay [ Guyan- dotte ] . We saw no habitations ; 40 Miles . The 26th ...
... distance of 35 Miles recognized Iresine celosioides on the banks of the belle rivière where they are submerged by the great inundations . Passed a small river called Gay [ Guyan- dotte ] . We saw no habitations ; 40 Miles . The 26th ...
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... distance of Sixty six miles from one place to the other . 66 Miles . The 6th visited two persons residing in Lexington for whom I had Letters of introduction . The 7th herborised · Sunday 8th of September was obliged to remain being ...
... distance of Sixty six miles from one place to the other . 66 Miles . The 6th visited two persons residing in Lexington for whom I had Letters of introduction . The 7th herborised · Sunday 8th of September was obliged to remain being ...
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... distance west of Blacksburg , Montgomery County . A new road shortened the distance and crossed the New River about five miles farther up the stream , at a ferry operated by the pioneer family of Pepper . They are alluded to in the ...
... distance west of Blacksburg , Montgomery County . A new road shortened the distance and crossed the New River about five miles farther up the stream , at a ferry operated by the pioneer family of Pepper . They are alluded to in the ...
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