The History of New-Hampshire. Volume III.: Containing a Geographical Description of the State; with Sketches of Its Natural History, Productions, Improvements, and Present State of Society and Manners, Laws and Government. By Jeremy Belknap, A.M. Member of the Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, and of the Academy of Arts and Sciences in Massachusettsfor the author, by Belknap and Young, State Street, 1792 - 487 pàgines |
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Pàgina 37
... bear marks of having been heated and calcined . A company of perfons having conceived a notion of precious metals being contained in this mountain , have penetrated it in various direc- tions ; and have found further evidences of in ...
... bear marks of having been heated and calcined . A company of perfons having conceived a notion of precious metals being contained in this mountain , have penetrated it in various direc- tions ; and have found further evidences of in ...
Pàgina 42
... bear a man's weight . This immenfe bed of mofs , ferves as a fponge , to retain the moisture brought by the clouds and vapours , which are frequently rifing and gath- ering round the mountains ; the thick growth of wood , prevents the ...
... bear a man's weight . This immenfe bed of mofs , ferves as a fponge , to retain the moisture brought by the clouds and vapours , which are frequently rifing and gath- ering round the mountains ; the thick growth of wood , prevents the ...
Pàgina 44
... bear us currently , a confidcrable distance , before we arrived at the ' utmoft boundaries , which were almost as well defined as the water on the fhore of a pond . The tops of the wood , had the appearance of having been fhorn off ...
... bear us currently , a confidcrable distance , before we arrived at the ' utmoft boundaries , which were almost as well defined as the water on the fhore of a pond . The tops of the wood , had the appearance of having been fhorn off ...
Pàgina 46
... bear them . On the 19th of the fame month , some of the fame party afcended again , and in the fame fpot , the fnow was five feet deep . In the first week of September , 1783 , two men , who at- tempted to afcend the mountain , found ...
... bear them . On the 19th of the fame month , some of the fame party afcended again , and in the fame fpot , the fnow was five feet deep . In the first week of September , 1783 , two men , who at- tempted to afcend the mountain , found ...
Pàgina 52
... waters are augmented by two ftreams from the left , one of which defcends in a trench of two feet wide , and is called the flume , from the near resemblance which it bears to an artifical flume . Over these which 52 HISTORY OF.
... waters are augmented by two ftreams from the left , one of which defcends in a trench of two feet wide , and is called the flume , from the near resemblance which it bears to an artifical flume . Over these which 52 HISTORY OF.
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againſt alfo alſo bark Befides beſt Boſton cauſe Commiffioners confifting Connecticut river Council courfe courſe Court diſtance ditto eaſtern Ellis river eſtabliſhed faid fame feafon feen feet fent ferved fettlers feven feveral fhall fhips fhore fhould fide fince firft firſt fiſh fituation fize fmall fnow foil fome fometimes foon fouth fpecies fpring ftones ftreams fubject fuch fufficient fummer fuppofed furvey Governor grafs Hiftorical and topographical houſes increaſe Indians inhabitants intereft iſland Jeremy Belknap Jofeph John John Tufton John Wentworth laft land lefs loft Maffachuſetts Mafon Majefty's meaſured Merrimack river miles Minifters moſt mountains muſt neceffary New-Hampſhire obferved Pafcataqua paffed perfons Peter Livius pine pond pora Portſmouth prefent preferved Prefident Province purpoſe raiſed refpect rife rocks Saco river Samuel ſeveral ſhip ſmall ſome ſpecies ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion town trees uſed veffels weft Wentworth weſtern wood
Passatges populars
Pàgina 373 - When the morning came, and we had advanced as much farther, six Indians were sent back to the place of our late abode, who collected a little more plunder, and destroyed some other effects that had been left behind ; but they did not return until the day was so far spent, that it was judged best to continue where we were through the night.
Pàgina 346 - We were surprised to hear ourselves termed Irish people, when we so frequently ventured our all for the British crown and liberties against the Irish Papists and gave all tests of our loyalty which the government of Ireland required, and are always ready to do the same here when demanded.
Pàgina 266 - ... that the legislative, executive, and judiciary powers ought to be kept as separate from, and independent of, each other as the nature of a free government will admit ; or as is consistent with that chain of connection that binds the whole fabric of the constitution in one indissoluble bond of unity and amity.
Pàgina 377 - I took it in my arms, put its face to mine, and it instantly bit me with such violence that it seemed as if I must have parted with a piece of my cheek. I was permitted to lodge with it that and the two following nights ; but every morning...
Pàgina 380 - I set off early in the morning, and steering, as well as I could, according to the directions which the friendly Indian had given me, I quickly found the place, which he had so accurately marked out.
Pàgina 390 - Pleasure thereupon expressed, the said Act is hereby disallowed, declared void and of none Effect. Whereof the Governor or Commander in Chief of His Majesty's said Colony of New York for the time being, and all others whom it may concern are to take Notice and govern themselves accordW. BLAIR From William Tryon LOWER GROSVENER STREET Private 18th Aug...
Pàgina 422 - Charter accompanying it, was pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to approve thereof, and to order, as it is hereby ordered, that the Right...
Pàgina 389 - Whereas there was this Day read at the Board, a Report made by the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Council for Plantation affairs dated the 17th of this Instant, upon considering- a Representation from the Lords...
Pàgina 378 - In this deplorable condition I was obliged to take my leave of it, on the morning of the third day after my arrival at the place. We moved down the lake several miles the same day ; and the night following was remarkable on account of the great earthquake* which terribly shook that howling wilderness.
Pàgina 379 - My curiosity, thus excited, led me to the place, and there I found my son Caleb, a little boy between two and three years old, whom I had lately buried, in sentiment at least, or rather imagined to have been deprived of life, and perhaps also denied a decent grave.