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Page 45
... called Southern " aggression . " The census of 1850 gave the nativities of the white population . The emigrants and their des- cendants number 5,000,000 souls , or one - fifth of the entire white population , and these have swollen the ...
... called Southern " aggression . " The census of 1850 gave the nativities of the white population . The emigrants and their des- cendants number 5,000,000 souls , or one - fifth of the entire white population , and these have swollen the ...
Page 57
... called the Sea Island . ' It is grown on the low - lying lands and small islands on the coast of Georgia . The quan- tity is small , and the price very high . It is used mostly for muslin thread , and the very finest number of yarn ...
... called the Sea Island . ' It is grown on the low - lying lands and small islands on the coast of Georgia . The quan- tity is small , and the price very high . It is used mostly for muslin thread , and the very finest number of yarn ...
Page 58
... called Uplands , ' ' Bowed Georgia , ' and New Orleans . ' This used to be sold at prices varying from 3d . to 6d . per pound ( it is now from 6d . to 8d . ) ; it can be consumed in any quantity , for it is available , not only for weft ...
... called Uplands , ' ' Bowed Georgia , ' and New Orleans . ' This used to be sold at prices varying from 3d . to 6d . per pound ( it is now from 6d . to 8d . ) ; it can be consumed in any quantity , for it is available , not only for weft ...
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Charles Lempriere. turers upon the short - stapled native article of India , commonly called Surat . If the price of the two were equal , scarcely a bag of Surat would be em- ployed . When the price of American cotton rises , owing to an ...
Charles Lempriere. turers upon the short - stapled native article of India , commonly called Surat . If the price of the two were equal , scarcely a bag of Surat would be em- ployed . When the price of American cotton rises , owing to an ...
Page 110
... called it into being , mutual interests and reciprocal affections , no longer exist , the con- federacy had better be peaceably dissolved . " * Douglas , January 3rd , 1861 , said : - " There is no other resource left to enforce the law ...
... called it into being , mutual interests and reciprocal affections , no longer exist , the con- federacy had better be peaceably dissolved . " * Douglas , January 3rd , 1861 , said : - " There is no other resource left to enforce the law ...
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