Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Volume 141, Issue 29 |
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... built in Union Square , New York City , and which still stands there . While these military movements were taking place there was little outward evidence of the intense activity in certain branches of industry devoted to the manufacture ...
... built in Union Square , New York City , and which still stands there . While these military movements were taking place there was little outward evidence of the intense activity in certain branches of industry devoted to the manufacture ...
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... built ; dying trees removed ; stumps blasted out ; wire fencing erected ; road drains built ; stone fences removed in some . places and repaired or built in others , etc. Comparatively little road work was done in 1917 , owing John Boyd ...
... built ; dying trees removed ; stumps blasted out ; wire fencing erected ; road drains built ; stone fences removed in some . places and repaired or built in others , etc. Comparatively little road work was done in 1917 , owing John Boyd ...
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... built in 1755 and was long known as Casparus or Jasper Mabie's stone tavern . It remained a place of public entertainment up to about 1857 . In 1800 according to Mr. Abbatt it passed into the hands of Philip Dubey , who owned it in 1818 ...
... built in 1755 and was long known as Casparus or Jasper Mabie's stone tavern . It remained a place of public entertainment up to about 1857 . In 1800 according to Mr. Abbatt it passed into the hands of Philip Dubey , who owned it in 1818 ...
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... built room , five floors below where the old clock stood . The hands above will hereafter be turned by a series of connecting rods and universal joints . The 1,400 pound strike weight will hang still another floor below with the ...
... built room , five floors below where the old clock stood . The hands above will hereafter be turned by a series of connecting rods and universal joints . The 1,400 pound strike weight will hang still another floor below with the ...
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... built in 1838 , we are favored with a note from Mr. Hopper Striker Mott , who calls attention to an article by him in the New York Sun of January 13 , 1918 , in which , he says , he proves that the block was erected in 1831 . MACOMB ...
... built in 1838 , we are favored with a note from Mr. Hopper Striker Mott , who calls attention to an article by him in the New York Sun of January 13 , 1918 , in which , he says , he proves that the block was erected in 1831 . MACOMB ...
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Page 34 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Page 34 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?
Page 663 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 25 - Send the word, send the word to beware We'll be over, we're coming over And we won't come back till it's over over there.
Page 717 - The first successful pipe-line system of water-works was that of the Manhattan company, which was incorporated in 1799. Upon the assembling of the Legislature that year, Aaron Burr and several other men applied for a charter for the purpose of " supplying the City of New York with pure and wholesome water," and on April 2, 1799, the bill was passed, incorporating the Manhattan company.
Page 19 - States is hereby formally declared; and that the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States...
Page 490 - Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; Oh! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 522 - Furthermore, since your city is regarded with affection by the adherents of three of the great religions of mankind, and its soil has been consecrated by the prayers and pilgrimages of multitudes of devout people of these three religions for many centuries, therefore do I make...
Page 823 - York, with the request that the same be expended, if such expenditure is sanctioned by law, in the erection of a drinking fountain in the City of New York to my memory.
Page 497 - When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege...