Some Information Respecting AmericaJ. Johnson, 1795 - 240 頁 After a 1793-94 visit to the United States, Thomas Cooper provided a lengthy description of the economy, the society, and the prospects for English subjects contemplating emigration. |
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... bushels an acre , in a favourable season . This , upon an average , is about three times the quantity we can raise on an acre in the old ftates ; grain of this kind must therefore always be low in Ken- tucky , probably lower than at ...
... bushels an acre , in a favourable season . This , upon an average , is about three times the quantity we can raise on an acre in the old ftates ; grain of this kind must therefore always be low in Ken- tucky , probably lower than at ...
第 99 頁
... bushel . Soap per box 34d . to 4 d . per lb. Candles per box 6 d . to 91d . per lb. Fire wood 7s . 9d . to 9s . a cord , that is a load , 8 feet long , 4 feet high , and 4 feet broad . Coals 74d . per bushel . Hats , country made wool ...
... bushel . Soap per box 34d . to 4 d . per lb. Candles per box 6 d . to 91d . per lb. Fire wood 7s . 9d . to 9s . a cord , that is a load , 8 feet long , 4 feet high , and 4 feet broad . Coals 74d . per bushel . Hats , country made wool ...
第 107 頁
... bushels an acre . A Mr. Grant , of Sunbury , one dry fummer , ob- tained 60 bushels per acre . Indian corn has been had from 60 to 70 bushels per acre , but one half of this quantity is more common . The new lands , and the ftony rich ...
... bushels an acre . A Mr. Grant , of Sunbury , one dry fummer , ob- tained 60 bushels per acre . Indian corn has been had from 60 to 70 bushels per acre , but one half of this quantity is more common . The new lands , and the ftony rich ...
第 110 頁
... bushels of wheat , of which the average weight may be 61 lb. per bufhel . The market weight is 60 lb. As the back carriage is troublesome , these boats require from four to fix men each . A boat with 1600 bufhels of wheat has gone from ...
... bushels of wheat , of which the average weight may be 61 lb. per bufhel . The market weight is 60 lb. As the back carriage is troublesome , these boats require from four to fix men each . A boat with 1600 bufhels of wheat has gone from ...
第 114 頁
... bushels per acre ; of oats from 15 to 20. This is to an English- man aftonifhing . With you , I apprehend , the average wheat crop per ftatute acre is at leaft 20 bushels . The average of the Isle of Wight , when I touched there on my ...
... bushels per acre ; of oats from 15 to 20. This is to an English- man aftonifhing . With you , I apprehend , the average wheat crop per ftatute acre is at leaft 20 bushels . The average of the Isle of Wight , when I touched there on my ...
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第 198 頁 - RESOLVED, That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States, in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification...
第 200 頁 - Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered and those which may be reserved...
第 195 頁 - Provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article ; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. ARTICLE VI. All debts contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of this Constitution shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution as under the Confederation.
第 201 頁 - That it will meet the full and entire approbation of every state, is not, perhaps to be expected ; but each will doubtless consider, that had her interest been alone consulted, the consequences might have been particularly disagreeable or injurious to others...
第 199 頁 - The friends of our country have long seen and desired that the power of making war, peace, and treaties, that of levying money and regulating commerce, and the correspondent executive and judicial authorities, should be fully and effectually vested in the General Government of the Union...
第 228 頁 - These ideas prevailing more or less in all the United States, it cannot be worth any man's while, who has a means of living at home, to expatriate himself, in hopes of obtaining a profitable •civil office in America; and, as to military offices, they are at an -end with the war, the armies being disbanded.
第 202 頁 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution; viz.
第 185 頁 - No money fhall be drawn from the treafury, but in confequence of appropriations made by law ; and a regular ftatement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money mall be publimed from time to time.
第 228 頁 - If he has any useful art, he is welcome; and if he exercises it, and behaves well, he will be respected by all that know him; but a mere man of quality, who, on that account, wants to live upon the public, by some office or salary, will be despised and disregarded. The husbandman is in honor there, and even the mechanic, because their employments are useful.
第 201 頁 - ... is not perhaps to be expected; but each will doubtless consider, that had her interest been alone consulted, the consequences might have been particularly disagreeable or injurious to others; that it is liable to as few exceptions as could reasonably have been expected, we hope and believe; that it may promote the lasting welfare of that country so dear to us all, and secure her freedom and happiness, is our most ardent wish.