The Mississippi Valley, and Prehistoric Events: Giving an Account of the Original Formation and Early Condition of the Great Valley ; of Its Vegetable and Animal Life ; of Its First Inhabitants, the Mound Builders, Its Mineral Treasures and Agricultural Developments ; All from Authentic SourcesR.T. Root, 1880 - 784 էջ |
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... hundred and fifty thousand square miles of workable coal in the United States - almost all of which is in , or near the bor- ders of , the Mississippi Basin . From near the Atlantic shore to the Mississippi River , and some hundreds of ...
... hundred and fifty thousand square miles of workable coal in the United States - almost all of which is in , or near the bor- ders of , the Mississippi Basin . From near the Atlantic shore to the Mississippi River , and some hundreds of ...
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... hundred miles and the distance is doubled in high water . Several other streams add many hundreds of miles to navigation . The regions of the Valley so reached are the fairest and richest for farming and mercantile purposes . The ...
... hundred miles and the distance is doubled in high water . Several other streams add many hundreds of miles to navigation . The regions of the Valley so reached are the fairest and richest for farming and mercantile purposes . The ...
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... hundred miles Eastward of that river in the upper valley there is a large proportion of prairie ; forests naturally grow- ing only in rare spots and bordering streams . There has been much speculation as to the causes of this natural ...
... hundred miles Eastward of that river in the upper valley there is a large proportion of prairie ; forests naturally grow- ing only in rare spots and bordering streams . There has been much speculation as to the causes of this natural ...
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... hundred miles in Alabama , and still more , sometimes , amounting to two hundred miles further west , was formed in the Tertiary epochs just before the great Ice Age , and therefore in the latest rock - making geological times . The ...
... hundred miles in Alabama , and still more , sometimes , amounting to two hundred miles further west , was formed in the Tertiary epochs just before the great Ice Age , and therefore in the latest rock - making geological times . The ...
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... hundred years and more that it has been in their possession . All things considered , the Valley of the Mississippi has many points of great superiority to any other region in the world . In particular things some regions are more ...
... hundred years and more that it has been in their possession . All things considered , the Valley of the Mississippi has many points of great superiority to any other region in the world . In particular things some regions are more ...
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Էջ 280 - The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Էջ 279 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land, and should the public exigencies make it necessary, for the common preservation, to take any person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same.
Էջ 281 - ... so far as it can be consistent with the general interest of the Confederacy, such admission shall be allowed at an earlier period, and when there may be a less number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand.
Էջ 280 - There shall be formed in the said Territory not less than three nor more than five States; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession and consent to the same...
Էջ 289 - 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...
Էջ 280 - St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said Territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other States that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Էջ 280 - No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Էջ 276 - Previous to the organization of the General Assembly the Governor shall appoint such magistrates and other civil officers in each county or township as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same.
Էջ 278 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions, are erected...
Էջ 281 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.