Annual ReportJ.B. Lyon Company, 1918 |
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... Commission . Hudson River tunnels proposed .... Gen. Goethals recommends a tunnel .. Report of Governor's commission . Foreign war missions in New York City .. French mission .. 198 199 199 200 201 203 204 205 208 211 212 British ...
... Commission . Hudson River tunnels proposed .... Gen. Goethals recommends a tunnel .. Report of Governor's commission . Foreign war missions in New York City .. French mission .. 198 199 199 200 201 203 204 205 208 211 212 British ...
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... commission proposed . Hydro - electric power commission proposed .. Hydro - electric power companies consolidated . Conflict between Federal and State authorities . Tablets on State reservation .. Ship Niagara , Perry's flagship . Abbey ...
... commission proposed . Hydro - electric power commission proposed .. Hydro - electric power companies consolidated . Conflict between Federal and State authorities . Tablets on State reservation .. Ship Niagara , Perry's flagship . Abbey ...
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... commissions , and had appeared in public no later than the pre- vious Sunday morning in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine with Mr. Balfour , the head of the British commission . He had been a sufferer from angina pectoris , and had ...
... commissions , and had appeared in public no later than the pre- vious Sunday morning in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine with Mr. Balfour , the head of the British commission . He had been a sufferer from angina pectoris , and had ...
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... Commission . ( See historical sketch in our Annual Report for 1913 , and further references in the present and other Annual Reports . ) 1885. Catskill Forest Preserve , comprising 110,461 acres in the Catskill Mountains . Created by ...
... Commission . ( See historical sketch in our Annual Report for 1913 , and further references in the present and other Annual Reports . ) 1885. Catskill Forest Preserve , comprising 110,461 acres in the Catskill Mountains . Created by ...
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... Commission . * 1897 . Stony Point Battlefield , at Stony Point on the Hudson River . Comprising 35 acres . Created by chapter 764 of the laws of 1897 , passed at the instance of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society . In ...
... Commission . * 1897 . Stony Point Battlefield , at Stony Point on the Hudson River . Comprising 35 acres . Created by chapter 764 of the laws of 1897 , passed at the instance of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society . In ...
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Page 486 - Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; Oh! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 347 - We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.
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Page 32 - ... in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities. Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course.
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Page 659 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 32 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?
Page 518 - Furthermore, since your city is regarded with affection by the adherents of three of the great religions of mankind, and its soil has been consecrated by the prayers and pilgrimages of multitudes of devout people of these three religions for many centuries, therefore do I make...
Page 254 - Chapter sixty-two of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled " An act in relation to taxation, constituting chapter sixty of the consolidated laws," is hereby amended by adding a new article to be article sixteen, to read as follows : ARTICLE 16.
Page 32 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.