Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania: Containing a Copious Selection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc., Relating to Its History and Antiquities, Both General and Local, with Topographical Descriptions of Every County and All the Larger Towns in the State |
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第 46 頁
She merits unquestionably the praise of having constructed the first stone
turnpike in the Union , and probably of having attempted the first canal over one
hundred miles in length . Her noble stone bridges , some of them constructed as
early ...
She merits unquestionably the praise of having constructed the first stone
turnpike in the Union , and probably of having attempted the first canal over one
hundred miles in length . Her noble stone bridges , some of them constructed as
early ...
第 47 頁
Canal Co. , and were then specially authorized to extend their canal to Lake Erie
, should it be deemed expedient . The Union Canal was , after many delays and
embarrassments , completed in 1827 , thirty - seven years after the ...
Canal Co. , and were then specially authorized to extend their canal to Lake Erie
, should it be deemed expedient . The Union Canal was , after many delays and
embarrassments , completed in 1827 , thirty - seven years after the ...
第 53 頁
1843 , 871,075 53 $ 37,937,788 24 This debt has been contracted for the
following purposes , viz : For canals and ... c . , 930,000 00 Union Canal ,
200,000 00 Eastern Penitentiary , 120,000 00 Franklin Railroad , 100,000 00
Pennsylvania ...
1843 , 871,075 53 $ 37,937,788 24 This debt has been contracted for the
following purposes , viz : For canals and ... c . , 930,000 00 Union Canal ,
200,000 00 Eastern Penitentiary , 120,000 00 Franklin Railroad , 100,000 00
Pennsylvania ...
第 54 頁
1843 , about $ 41,925,716 The public improvements for which the principal
amount of the state debt has been incurred , consist of 7931 miles of canals and
railways completed , and 1404 miles of canals in progress of construction and
nearly ...
1843 , about $ 41,925,716 The public improvements for which the principal
amount of the state debt has been incurred , consist of 7931 miles of canals and
railways completed , and 1404 miles of canals in progress of construction and
nearly ...
第 66 頁
Five or six steamboats arrive and as many depart daily , either for nearer or more
distant ports : and the number of canal - boats it would not be easy to estimate .
To accommodate these travellers , the city contains some of the best hotels in the
...
Five or six steamboats arrive and as many depart daily , either for nearer or more
distant ports : and the number of canal - boats it would not be easy to estimate .
To accommodate these travellers , the city contains some of the best hotels in the
...
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第 468 頁 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it. I have killed many. I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace; but do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
第 576 頁 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
第 377 頁 - And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt : get you down thither, and buy for us from thence ; that we may live, and not die.
第 585 頁 - I do not mean to cast any reflection upon any sect or person whatsoever ; but, as there is such a multitude of sects, and such a diversity of opinion amongst them, I desire to keep the tender minds of the orphans, who are to derive advantage from this bequest, free from the excitement, which clashing doctrines and sectarian controversy are so apt to produce...
第 75 頁 - I luckily escaped without a wound, though I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me.
第 569 頁 - New York declared they were for it themselves, and were assured their constituents were for it, but that their instructions having been drawn near a twelvemonth before, when reconciliation was still the general object, they were enjoined by them to do nothing which should impede that object. They therefore thought themselves not justifiable in voting on either side and asked leave to withdraw from the question, which was given them.
第 13 頁 - ... distance from New Castle, northward and westward unto the beginning of the fortieth degree of northern latitude, and then by a straight line westward to the limits of longitude above mentioned.
第 267 頁 - Alone, yet not alone am I, Though in this solitude so drear ; * I feel my Saviour always nigh, He comes the weary hour to cheer. I am with him and he with me, — E'en here alone I cannot be !" The Colonel desired her to sing the hymn as she used to do.
第 90 頁 - This was a whole day's work, we next got it launched then went on board of it and set off. But before we were half way over we were jammed in the ice in such a manner that we expected every moment our raft to sink and ourselves to perish.
第 405 頁 - The language was uniformly that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures ; the dull, but endless, repetition of the Fulton Folly.
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| 書名 | Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania: Containing a Copious Selection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc., Relating to Its History and Antiquities, Both General and Local, with Topographical Descriptions of Every County and All the ... Pennsylvania county and regional histories |
| 作者 | Sherman Day |
| 插圖作者 | Sherman Day |
| 出版者 | G. W. Gorton, 1843 |
| 來源： | 紐約市立圖書館 |
| 已數位化 | 2008年2月11日 |
| 頁數 | 708 頁 |
| 匯出書目資料 | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |