America and the West Indies: Geographically DescribedC. Knight and Company, 1845 - 648 էջ |
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The Geography of America and the West Indies George Long (M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge.) Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1841 |
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Էջ 427 - 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...
Էջ 449 - Britain, by which the said governments are constituted, given express power and direction to our governors of our said colonies respectively, that so soon as the state and circumstances of the said colonies will admit thereof, they shall, with the advice and consent of the members of our council, summon and call general assemblies, within the said governments respectively, in such manner and form as is used and directed in those colonies and provinces in America, which are under our immediate government...
Էջ 430 - Nipissim; from whence the said line, crossing the river St. Lawrence, and the lake Champlain, in 45 degrees of North latitude, passes along the High Lands, which divide the rivers that empty themselves into the said river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the sea; and also along the North coast of the Baye des Chaleurs, and the coast of the gulf of St.
Էջ 449 - Proclamation, that we have, in the Letters Patent under our Great Seal of Great Britain, by which the said Governments are constituted, given express power and direction to our Governors of our said colonies respectively, that so soon as the state and circumstance...
Էջ 203 - Thus it is called the White Mountains in New Hampshire, the Green Mountains in Vermont, the...
Էջ 231 - Georgia, Vermont, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana, Mississippi, Illinois, Alabama, Maine, Missouri, Arkansas, Michigan, Florida, Texas, Iowa, Wisconsin...
Էջ 615 - Norte, occupy a space extending 200 miles from east to west, and 150 miles from north to south.
Էջ 136 - W. long. It, therefore, extends about 170 miles from north to south, and 100 miles from east to west...
Էջ 583 - ... government. The executive power is vested in a supreme director. The legislature is composed of a senate and a house of representatives. The senate is to consist of twenty members at the most, and every 15,000 inhabitants send a member to the house of representatives.
Էջ 449 - February 1763. Sixteen years later it was retaken by the French under the Comte D'Estaing, only to be restored to Great Britain by the Treaty of Versailles in 1783. In 1795-6 it was the scene of a rebellion against the British rule by a French colonist.