Geography of the State of New York: Embracing Its Physical Features, Climate, Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, Zoology, History, Pursuits of the People, Government, Education, Internal Improvements &c. With Statistical Tables, and a Separate Description and Map of Each County |
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... tion difficult and dangerous . The Thousand Islands lie near its junction with Lake Ontario , a portion of which , and some others belong to the United States . This group actually exceeds 1500 in number . The Oswego is the next in ...
... tion difficult and dangerous . The Thousand Islands lie near its junction with Lake Ontario , a portion of which , and some others belong to the United States . This group actually exceeds 1500 in number . The Oswego is the next in ...
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... tion system . It is composed of brown sandstone , limestone and green shales , or slaty rocks . It contains seme minerals , and furnishes a fine limestone for building , but has few , or no fossils . The soil which overlays this system ...
... tion system . It is composed of brown sandstone , limestone and green shales , or slaty rocks . It contains seme minerals , and furnishes a fine limestone for building , but has few , or no fossils . The soil which overlays this system ...
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... tion of canals , aqueducts , cisterns , and other masonry exposed to the action of water , and one which has proved of the greatest service in the construction of the public works of the state . The fossils of this group are numerous ...
... tion of canals , aqueducts , cisterns , and other masonry exposed to the action of water , and one which has proved of the greatest service in the construction of the public works of the state . The fossils of this group are numerous ...
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... tion , and are also found , though of less strength , in other parts of the state . They are supposed to be impregnated by deposits of rock salt , at some distance below the surface . Those in the towns of Salina and Montezuma are the ...
... tion , and are also found , though of less strength , in other parts of the state . They are supposed to be impregnated by deposits of rock salt , at some distance below the surface . Those in the towns of Salina and Montezuma are the ...
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... tion on the skin . Mercury , or Poison Oak , is less active than the pre- ceding , but sufficiently so , to cause all those who are easily affected by vegetable poisons to shun its neighborhood . The leaves of the com- mon Sumach ( R ...
... tion on the skin . Mercury , or Poison Oak , is less active than the pre- ceding , but sufficiently so , to cause all those who are easily affected by vegetable poisons to shun its neighborhood . The leaves of the com- mon Sumach ( R ...
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Page 104 - All grants of land within this State, made by the king of Great Britain, or persons acting under his authority, after the fourteenth day of October, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, shall be null and void; but nothing contained in this Constitution shall affect any grants of land within this State, made by the authority of the said king or his predecessors, or shall annul any charters to bodies politic and corporate, by him or them made...
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