A History of the United States, Volume 5Macmillan, 1921 - United States |
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... million dollars to the capital stock of the road companies within her limits , besides contributions that had been made by counties and towns . The construction of bridges on these roads was usually undertaken by other companies which ...
... million dollars to the capital stock of the road companies within her limits , besides contributions that had been made by counties and towns . The construction of bridges on these roads was usually undertaken by other companies which ...
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... 1 , 1827 ) that the Cumberland Road had cost fourteen thousand dollars a mile up to 1823 , or about one and a quarter million dollars for a road 130 miles long . The opening of the canal between Liverpool and Man- chester II.
... 1 , 1827 ) that the Cumberland Road had cost fourteen thousand dollars a mile up to 1823 , or about one and a quarter million dollars for a road 130 miles long . The opening of the canal between Liverpool and Man- chester II.
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... million dollars ! 1 Robert Morris advocated connecting the Dela- ware and Ohio by canals wherever possible , with roads between.2 John Nicholson , writing to Jefferson 3 from Herkimer , New York , in 1806 , proposed that the national ...
... million dollars ! 1 Robert Morris advocated connecting the Dela- ware and Ohio by canals wherever possible , with roads between.2 John Nicholson , writing to Jefferson 3 from Herkimer , New York , in 1806 , proposed that the national ...
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... million dollars and the connecting roads or canals about three or four millions more . Two Appendixes to the " Report , " written by B. H. Latrobe and Robert Fulton , were printed at the time . In a postscript to the former , Latrobe ...
... million dollars and the connecting roads or canals about three or four millions more . Two Appendixes to the " Report , " written by B. H. Latrobe and Robert Fulton , were printed at the time . In a postscript to the former , Latrobe ...
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... million dollars . The spirit of western steamboat navigation of this early time is set down in John Hay's " Jim Bludso " with a vigor and truthfulness that one seldom finds in this world . 1820 ] THE STEAMBOAT 23 later increased to six ...
... million dollars . The spirit of western steamboat navigation of this early time is set down in John Hay's " Jim Bludso " with a vigor and truthfulness that one seldom finds in this world . 1820 ] THE STEAMBOAT 23 later increased to six ...
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Page 537 - 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 North-westernmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 429 - Their object is disunion : but be not deceived by names ; disunion, by armed force, is TREASON. Are you really ready to incur its guilt ? If you are, on the heads of the instigators of the act be the dreadful consequences; on their heads be the dishonor, but on yours may fall the punishment. On your unhappy State will inevitably fall all the evils of the conflict you force upon the government of your country.
Page 420 - It is, sir, the people's Constitution, the people's Government; made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
Page 150 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Page 149 - I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No! no! Tell a man, whose house is on fire, to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present!
Page 344 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America. This difference proceeds from that which exists in their respective governments. And to the defence of our own, which has...
Page 537 - East, by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the Bay of Funcly 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...
Page 316 - Their patriotism would certainly prefer its continuance and application to the great purposes of the public education, roads, rivers, canals, and such other objects of public improvement as it may be thought proper to add to the constitutional enumeration of federal powers.
Page 9 - Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to prepare and report to the Senate, at their next session, a plan for the application of such means as are within the power of Congress, to the purposes of opening roads and making canals; together with a statement of the undertakings of that nature which, as objects of public improvement, may require and deserve the aid of Government...