Commercial Review of the South and West: A Monthly Journal of Trade, Commerce, Commercial Polity, Agriculture, Manufactures, Internal Improvements and General Literature, Volume 10James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell J.D.B. DeBow., 1851 - Industries |
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... four years 376 Coast survey , report on , by Prof. Bache ... Canada Cotton manufactory , investment in ... 169 66 188 199 225 professorship in Lou- isiana 231 383 Commerce , history in all " ges 233 66 early English .. 235 433 66 ...
... four years 376 Coast survey , report on , by Prof. Bache ... Canada Cotton manufactory , investment in ... 169 66 188 199 225 professorship in Lou- isiana 231 383 Commerce , history in all " ges 233 66 early English .. 235 433 66 ...
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... four counties . Each county is entitled to one or two representatives in the General Assembly in proportion to its population . Most of the counties send only one representative , while thirty - seven are entitled to two . There are in ...
... four counties . Each county is entitled to one or two representatives in the General Assembly in proportion to its population . Most of the counties send only one representative , while thirty - seven are entitled to two . There are in ...
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... four years . This is a court of general jurisdiction , both as a court of common law and equity , held twice every year in each county in the State , and has the power of correcting all errors in the inferior jadicatories , and ...
... four years . This is a court of general jurisdiction , both as a court of common law and equity , held twice every year in each county in the State , and has the power of correcting all errors in the inferior jadicatories , and ...
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... four cents a bushel , a distance of 50 miles , and thence to Mobile , a distance of 355 miles , at an additional cost of nearly four cents ; the boat being a dead loss in either case , as it brings but a few dollars . Coal is brought to ...
... four cents a bushel , a distance of 50 miles , and thence to Mobile , a distance of 355 miles , at an additional cost of nearly four cents ; the boat being a dead loss in either case , as it brings but a few dollars . Coal is brought to ...
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... four feet thick . The upper 18 inches of this bed consist of Cannel coal ; the remainder is common bituminous coal , two and a half feet . The price of this coal at New - Orleans , * was 62 cents to $ 1 per barrel , of two and a half ...
... four feet thick . The upper 18 inches of this bed consist of Cannel coal ; the remainder is common bituminous coal , two and a half feet . The price of this coal at New - Orleans , * was 62 cents to $ 1 per barrel , of two and a half ...
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