A Geographical History of the State of New York: Embracing Its History, Government, Physical Features, Climate, Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, Zoology, Education, Internal Improvements, &c., with a Separate Map of Each County : the Whole Forming a Complete History of the State |
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... Niagara river . Its extreme length from North to South is 310 miles ; from East to West , including Long Island ... river and Lake George . The second embraces all of the State lying north of the Mohawk and Os- wego rivers ; and the ...
... Niagara river . Its extreme length from North to South is 310 miles ; from East to West , including Long Island ... river and Lake George . The second embraces all of the State lying north of the Mohawk and Os- wego rivers ; and the ...
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... river , near Rochester , to the falls of Niagara , at Lewistown , a distance of eighty miles , and from six to ten miles in width . It is called the Ridge Road , and is supposed once to have formed the shore of Lake Ontario . It is ...
... river , near Rochester , to the falls of Niagara , at Lewistown , a distance of eighty miles , and from six to ten miles in width . It is called the Ridge Road , and is supposed once to have formed the shore of Lake Ontario . It is ...
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... river . After a still farther enlargement by the waters of Onondaga lake ... Niagara , which is the connecting link between Lakes Erie and Ontario , and ... river in size , lying wholly in the state , and also discharging its waters into ...
... river . After a still farther enlargement by the waters of Onondaga lake ... Niagara , which is the connecting link between Lakes Erie and Ontario , and ... river in size , lying wholly in the state , and also discharging its waters into ...
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... river . The village of Fredonia , and the light house at Barcelona , n ... Niagara and Erie ounces . Peat is less widely distributed it seura ter in ... falls , which equals any of the foreign varetes , the Chary black marble , considered ...
... river . The village of Fredonia , and the light house at Barcelona , n ... Niagara and Erie ounces . Peat is less widely distributed it seura ter in ... falls , which equals any of the foreign varetes , the Chary black marble , considered ...
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... Niagara river , which they called Fort Niagara . The next year , with equally violent opposition on the part of the French , Governor Burnet erected Fort Oswego , at the present site of the village of Oswego . The new assembly convened ...
... Niagara river , which they called Fort Niagara . The next year , with equally violent opposition on the part of the French , Governor Burnet erected Fort Oswego , at the present site of the village of Oswego . The new assembly convened ...
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Page 117 - Senators, and shall be published for three months previous to the time of making such choice; and if in the Legislature so next chosen, as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people, in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Page 116 - All city, town and village officers, whose election or appointment is not provided for by this Constitution, shall be elected by the electors of such cities, towns and villages, or of some division thereof, or appointed by such authorities thereof, as the Legislature shall designate for that purpose.
Page 115 - Sheriffs shall hold no other office, and be ineligible for the next three years after the termination of their offices. They may be required by law, to renew their security, from time to time; and in default of giving such new security, their offices shall be deemed vacant. But the county shall never be made responsible for the acts of the sheriff.
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Page 117 - Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in the Senate and Assembly; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the Legislature to be chosen at the next general election of senators...
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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