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... north latitude , that is , on the coast of Carolina , and his description of the country is strikingly accurate . He says : " The whole shore is covered with fine sand about fifteen feet thick , rising in the form of little hills about ...
... north latitude , that is , on the coast of Carolina , and his description of the country is strikingly accurate . He says : " The whole shore is covered with fine sand about fifteen feet thick , rising in the form of little hills about ...
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... North America , under the title of New France . The Huguenots . - Thirty - eight years after Verrazano's exploration of the Carolina coast , Admiral Coligny , leader of the Huguenot party in France , obtained per- mission from Charles ...
... North America , under the title of New France . The Huguenots . - Thirty - eight years after Verrazano's exploration of the Carolina coast , Admiral Coligny , leader of the Huguenot party in France , obtained per- mission from Charles ...
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... north and on May 27 , 1563 , entered a wide and deep harbor , spacious enough , it seemed to him , " to hold the argosies of the world . " " A royal haven it was , and Port Royal they named it , and Port Royal it is called to this day ...
... north and on May 27 , 1563 , entered a wide and deep harbor , spacious enough , it seemed to him , " to hold the argosies of the world . " " A royal haven it was , and Port Royal they named it , and Port Royal it is called to this day ...
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... North and South America . " Physical Characteristics of the Indians . - Speaking gen- erally , the physical characteristics of the American aborigines are as follows : They are hardy and pos- sessed of wonderful powers of endurance ...
... North and South America . " Physical Characteristics of the Indians . - Speaking gen- erally , the physical characteristics of the American aborigines are as follows : They are hardy and pos- sessed of wonderful powers of endurance ...
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... North Carolina line , were the Catawbas . The Creeks were neighbors to the Cherokees on the west , in the present limits of Georgia and Alabama , and still further west dwelt the warlike Chickasaws . Both of these nations were closely ...
... North Carolina line , were the Catawbas . The Creeks were neighbors to the Cherokees on the west , in the present limits of Georgia and Alabama , and still further west dwelt the warlike Chickasaws . Both of these nations were closely ...
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Page 23 - For swift to east and swift to west the ghastly warflame spread, High on St. Michael's Mount it shone: it shone on Beachy Head. Far on the deep the Spaniard saw, along each southern shire , Cape beyond cape, in endless range, those twinkling points of fire.
Page 238 - State will thenceforth hold themselves absolved from all further obligation to maintain or preserve their political connection with the people of the other States, and will forthwith proceed to organize a separate government, and do all other acts and things which sovereign and independent States may of right do...
Page 236 - States, no appeal shall be allowed to the supreme court of the United States, nor shall any copy of the record be permitted or allowed for that purpose, and that any person attempting to take such appeal shall be punished as for a contempt of court...
Page 237 - States, and the people of the co-States, that we are determined to maintain this our ordinance and declaration, at every hazard, do further declare that we will not submit to the application of force, on the part of the federal government, to reduce this State to obedience...
Page 255 - AND OTHER STATES UNITED WITH HER UNDER THE COMPACT ENTITLED "THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Page 2 - The whole shore is covered with fine sand, about fifteen feet thick, rising in the form of little hills about fifty paces broad. Ascending farther, we found several arms of the sea which make in through inlets, washing the shores on both sides as the coast runs.
Page 235 - Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the several acts and parts of acts of the Congress of the United States, purporting to be laws for the imposing of duties and imposts on the importation of foreign commodities...
Page 255 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Page 235 - States, and more especially an act entitled "an act in alteration of the several acts imposing duties on imports...
Page 113 - But the Senator touches nothing which he does not disfigure — with error, sometimes of principle, sometimes of fact. He shows an incapacity of accuracy, whether in stating the Constitution or in stating the law, whether in the details of statistics or the diversions of scholarship. He cannot ope his mouth, but out there flies a blunder.