Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge, Volume 7Redfield and Lindsay, 1840 |
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... rivers 441 291 Horned headdresses 196 View of Bridgetown , Barbadoes 445 81 An Egyptian Bride 216 View of Athens 453 Machinery of Dolkoath Mine 228 Ckumarah MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS— Apollo Musgates with lyre Khizam town , N. J. ...
... rivers 441 291 Horned headdresses 196 View of Bridgetown , Barbadoes 445 81 An Egyptian Bride 216 View of Athens 453 Machinery of Dolkoath Mine 228 Ckumarah MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS— Apollo Musgates with lyre Khizam town , N. J. ...
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... river during the night , unperceived by the enemy . For four - and- twenty hours previous , the commander - in - chief had not left the saddle . The immediate embar- cation of the troops was under the direction of General M'Dougall , to ...
... river during the night , unperceived by the enemy . For four - and- twenty hours previous , the commander - in - chief had not left the saddle . The immediate embar- cation of the troops was under the direction of General M'Dougall , to ...
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... river clear , seem direct interpo- sitions of that gracious Providence , which , in after - days , guided our revolution to victory . I began this paper with the remark , that all knowledge is history . Who can now gaze upon our ...
... river clear , seem direct interpo- sitions of that gracious Providence , which , in after - days , guided our revolution to victory . I began this paper with the remark , that all knowledge is history . Who can now gaze upon our ...
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... river and offi- eagerness had manifested itself through Count cial business was forwarded to Gayoso De Lewas , Lucern , the French minister to the Old Congress ; then governor of the Natchez . In consequence in pressing on that body ...
... river and offi- eagerness had manifested itself through Count cial business was forwarded to Gayoso De Lewas , Lucern , the French minister to the Old Congress ; then governor of the Natchez . In consequence in pressing on that body ...
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... river to fortify the Spanish post on the Arkansas , against Indian attack : at the same time , Ellicott was requested to co - operate with Governor Gayoso , in sending back Lieut . Pope ( who had been ordered with a military party down ...
... river to fortify the Spanish post on the Arkansas , against Indian attack : at the same time , Ellicott was requested to co - operate with Governor Gayoso , in sending back Lieut . Pope ( who had been ordered with a military party down ...
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