Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania, Volume 121834 - Pennsylvania |
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... Susquehanna , who had lost , or pre- alarmed at this intelligence , and orders were given to pro- tended to have lost , some of their friends and relationsvide a number of flats to be ready at the Island , to carry by the Indians , took ...
... Susquehanna , who had lost , or pre- alarmed at this intelligence , and orders were given to pro- tended to have lost , some of their friends and relationsvide a number of flats to be ready at the Island , to carry by the Indians , took ...
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... Susquehanna swelling with her hundred tributa- ries , wound placidly through the regions that she bless- sed , and , passing far below our feet , went " in progres- sive majesty " towards the noble Chesapeake . The fra- grant islands ...
... Susquehanna swelling with her hundred tributa- ries , wound placidly through the regions that she bless- sed , and , passing far below our feet , went " in progres- sive majesty " towards the noble Chesapeake . The fra- grant islands ...
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... Susquehanna to tide in arks and rafts . To arrest this trade and divert it to our own metropolis should be the great object of Pennsylvanians.Penn . Intel . SUSQUEHANNA TRADE . - There floated past the vil- lage of Cattawissa , on the ...
... Susquehanna to tide in arks and rafts . To arrest this trade and divert it to our own metropolis should be the great object of Pennsylvanians.Penn . Intel . SUSQUEHANNA TRADE . - There floated past the vil- lage of Cattawissa , on the ...
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... Susquehanna . On the left the descent is still more precipitous , so much so as to produce giddiness in most persons who venture too near the brink . In Peachbottom township slate is found in great abun- dance and of an excellent ...
... Susquehanna . On the left the descent is still more precipitous , so much so as to produce giddiness in most persons who venture too near the brink . In Peachbottom township slate is found in great abun- dance and of an excellent ...
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... Susquehanna , and here on the Schuylkill . If we applaud him " who produces two blades of grass where only one grew before , " what shall be said of the men who have converted worthless and howling wildernesses into scenes of trade and ...
... Susquehanna , and here on the Schuylkill . If we applaud him " who produces two blades of grass where only one grew before , " what shall be said of the men who have converted worthless and howling wildernesses into scenes of trade and ...
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