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... canal and with Lake Cham- plain ; and the importance of these improvements would be ap- preciated when it was ... Genesee and the Allegany rivers ; a connection of the Erie canal with the Susquehannah river , through the Che- nango valley ; ...
... canal and with Lake Cham- plain ; and the importance of these improvements would be ap- preciated when it was ... Genesee and the Allegany rivers ; a connection of the Erie canal with the Susquehannah river , through the Che- nango valley ; ...
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... canal along the valley of the Mohawk . They showed that , in 1820 , the tolls on ninety - four miles of the Erie ... Genesee river . Laws were passed at the same session , author- izing the construction of the Cayuga and Seneca canal ...
... canal along the valley of the Mohawk . They showed that , in 1820 , the tolls on ninety - four miles of the Erie ... Genesee river . Laws were passed at the same session , author- izing the construction of the Cayuga and Seneca canal ...
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... canal tolls , which , after 1837 , was to be annually diminished by a considerable sum , to be devoted to the uses of the treasury . In 1836 , the legislature directed the long contem- plated construction of the Genesee Valley canal ...
... canal tolls , which , after 1837 , was to be annually diminished by a considerable sum , to be devoted to the uses of the treasury . In 1836 , the legislature directed the long contem- plated construction of the Genesee Valley canal ...
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... canal commissioner in 1839 , to fill the place rendered vacant by the widely - lamented death of the ven- erated ... Genesee Valley canal , and the eastern section of the New York and Erie railroad , have been opened , and are now ...
... canal commissioner in 1839 , to fill the place rendered vacant by the widely - lamented death of the ven- erated ... Genesee Valley canal , and the eastern section of the New York and Erie railroad , have been opened , and are now ...
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... canals now in progress , is $ 2,615,182 84 , to wit , for the Black - River canal $ 613,076 29 , and for the Genesee Valley canal $ 2,002,106 55 . There have been paid on account for the construction of these canals $ 384,353 12 , to ...
... canals now in progress , is $ 2,615,182 84 , to wit , for the Black - River canal $ 613,076 29 , and for the Genesee Valley canal $ 2,002,106 55 . There have been paid on account for the construction of these canals $ 384,353 12 , to ...
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Página 277 - globe ? The constitution has wisely provided, that for admission to certain offices of important trust, a residence shall be required sufficient to develop character and design. But might not the general character and capabilities of a citizen be safely communicated to every one manifesting a bonafide purpose of embarking his life and fortunes permanently with us?
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Página 655 - by any act imminently dangerous to others, and evincing a depraved mind, regardless of human life, although without any premeditated design to effect the death of any particular individual. It
Página 44 - that institution during the Revolutionary war. Efforts made by the regents of the university, after the return of peace, to reorganize the medical faculty, were unsuccessful. In 1792, however, the trustees announced the re-establishment of the school, and Doctors Bailey, Post, Hammersly, Rodgers, Mitchill, Hosack, and Stringham, labored assiduously as professors during several years. The " College of Physicians and Surgeons" in the city of New York was founded
Página 290 - be benefited by the improvement of inland navigation and the construction of highways in the several states. " Let us, then," he added, " endeavor to attain this benefit in a mode that will be satisfactory to all. That hitherto adopted has, by many of our fellow-citizens, been deprecated as an infraction of the constitution, while by others it has been viewed as inexpedient. All
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Página 345 - to exclusive jurisdiction over that part of the state of Maine which is in dispute between the United States and Great Britain; and for that purpose to employ the naval and military forces of the United States, and such portions of the militia as he may deem it advisable to call into service,