A Chorographical and Statistical Description of the District of Columbia: The Seat of the General Government of the United States |
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By means of locks and canals , this river is now navigable from its mouth to the
Port called Republic ; and it is proposed to extend the navigation , by the middle
fork , from this place to the mouth of Lewis ' s Creek , and thence to Staunton .
By means of locks and canals , this river is now navigable from its mouth to the
Port called Republic ; and it is proposed to extend the navigation , by the middle
fork , from this place to the mouth of Lewis ' s Creek , and thence to Staunton .
第 7 頁
The boats employed for the navigation of these rivers , are seventy - five feet in
length , five feet wide , draw eighteen inches water , and carry twenty tons
burthen . Two of them , with more than a hundred barrels of flour each , pass the
locks of ...
The boats employed for the navigation of these rivers , are seventy - five feet in
length , five feet wide , draw eighteen inches water , and carry twenty tons
burthen . Two of them , with more than a hundred barrels of flour each , pass the
locks of ...
第 8 頁
The Potomac Company , by whom this useful navigation has been opened , was
incorporated for this purpose , by Acts of the States of Maryland and Virginia ,
passed in the year 17842 , which authorised the fund to be distributed in shares ...
The Potomac Company , by whom this useful navigation has been opened , was
incorporated for this purpose , by Acts of the States of Maryland and Virginia ,
passed in the year 17842 , which authorised the fund to be distributed in shares ...
第 9 頁
The fund is still unproductive , as the annual amount of tolls , or tonnage , has
been expended on the further improvements of the navigation . In 1807 , the
expenses of that of the Potomac amounted to 375 , 648 dollars ; of the
Shenandoah , to ...
The fund is still unproductive , as the annual amount of tolls , or tonnage , has
been expended on the further improvements of the navigation . In 1807 , the
expenses of that of the Potomac amounted to 375 , 648 dollars ; of the
Shenandoah , to ...
第 10 頁
The Potomac Company , by whom this useful navigation has been opened , was
incorporated for this purpose , by Acts of the States of Maryland and Virginia ,
passed in the year 17841 , which authorised the fund to be distributed in shares ...
The Potomac Company , by whom this useful navigation has been opened , was
incorporated for this purpose , by Acts of the States of Maryland and Virginia ,
passed in the year 17841 , which authorised the fund to be distributed in shares ...
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第 89 頁 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
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第 108 頁 - ... and constituted a corporation and body politic, in law, and in fact, to have continuance for...
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書目資訊
| 書名 | A Chorographical and Statistical Description of the District of Columbia: The Seat of the General Government of the United States |
| 作者 | David Bailie Warden |
| 出版者 | Smith, 1816 |
| 來源： | 牛津大學 |
| 已數位化 | 2006年12月6日 |
| 頁數 | 212 頁 |
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