Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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... INCREASE OF MANKIND , PEOPLING OF COUNTRIES , & c . Written in Pennsylvania , 1751 . 1. TABLES of the proportion of marriages to births , of deaths to births , of marriages to the number of inhabitants , & c . formed on observations ...
... INCREASE OF MANKIND , PEOPLING OF COUNTRIES , & c . Written in Pennsylvania , 1751 . 1. TABLES of the proportion of marriages to births , of deaths to births , of marriages to the number of inhabitants , & c . formed on observations ...
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... increase in people . America is chiefly occupied by Indians , who subsist mostly by hunting . But as the hunters of all men , requires the greatest quantity of land from whence to draw his subsist- ence , ( the husbandman subsisting ou ...
... increase in people . America is chiefly occupied by Indians , who subsist mostly by hunting . But as the hunters of all men , requires the greatest quantity of land from whence to draw his subsist- ence , ( the husbandman subsisting ou ...
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... increase , so vast is the territory of North America , that it will require many ages to settle it fully ; and till it is fully settled labour will never be cheap here , where no man con- tinues long a labourer for others , but gets a ...
... increase , so vast is the territory of North America , that it will require many ages to settle it fully ; and till it is fully settled labour will never be cheap here , where no man con- tinues long a labourer for others , but gets a ...
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... increase of the co- lonies , a vast demand is growing for British manu- factures ; a glorious market , wholly in the power of Britain , in which foreigners cannot interfere , which will increase , in a short time , even beyond her power ...
... increase of the co- lonies , a vast demand is growing for British manu- factures ; a glorious market , wholly in the power of Britain , in which foreigners cannot interfere , which will increase , in a short time , even beyond her power ...
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... increase of people depends on the en- couragement of marriages , the following things must diminish a nation ; viz ... increased on their aban- doned lands , till the island became full of English ; and were the English now driven into ...
... increase of people depends on the en- couragement of marriages , the following things must diminish a nation ; viz ... increased on their aban- doned lands , till the island became full of English ; and were the English now driven into ...
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