The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year ..., Volume 32Gray and Bowen, 1861 - Almanacs, American |
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... England , and the Ministry of France . The table of the population of the British Colonies was made up at the Colonial Office . The Obituary Notices and Chronicle of Events have been prepared with care . The space is so limited , that ...
... England , and the Ministry of France . The table of the population of the British Colonies was made up at the Colonial Office . The Obituary Notices and Chronicle of Events have been prepared with care . The space is so limited , that ...
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... England that fruits were destroyed . In 1063 , the Thames was frozen for fourteen weeks . In the years 1149 , 1263 , and 1269 , it was again frozen . In 1294 and 1323 , the Baltic was frozen . In the year 1334 , a frost of two months ...
... England that fruits were destroyed . In 1063 , the Thames was frozen for fourteen weeks . In the years 1149 , 1263 , and 1269 , it was again frozen . In 1294 and 1323 , the Baltic was frozen . In the year 1334 , a frost of two months ...
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... England and in parts of France the summers have lost a part of their heat , and the winters , possibly , a portion of their severity . The Journal of the Royal Institution contains a dissertation , designed to show that the summers of ...
... England and in parts of France the summers have lost a part of their heat , and the winters , possibly , a portion of their severity . The Journal of the Royal Institution contains a dissertation , designed to show that the summers of ...
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... England were completely frozen over , the mean tem- perature of the two years was 49 ° , being little more than a degree below the standard . And in the year 1808 , when the summer was so hot that the temperature in London was as high ...
... England were completely frozen over , the mean tem- perature of the two years was 49 ° , being little more than a degree below the standard . And in the year 1808 , when the summer was so hot that the temperature in London was as high ...
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... England and France , have shown that the two countries are suffering from a similar malady . About three years ago , at the request of the Agricultural Societies of England and Ireland , in connection with the English Government , an ex ...
... England and France , have shown that the two countries are suffering from a similar malady . About three years ago , at the request of the Agricultural Societies of England and Ireland , in connection with the English Government , an ex ...
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Page 157 - An act to enable the State of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the 'swamp lands
Page 159 - An act to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1852," approved the 2ist of July, 1852, be, and the same is hereby, repealed: Provided, That Edward K.
Page 168 - All purchases and contracts for supplies or services, in any of the Departments of the Government, except for personal services, shall be made by advertising a sufficient time previously for proposals respecting the same, when the public exigencies do not require the immediate delivery of the articles, or performance of the service.
Page 160 - no service shall be regarded as sea service except such as shall be performed at sea, under the orders of a Department and in vessels employed by authority of law.
Page 168 - When immediate delivery or performance is required by the public exigency, the articles or services required may be procured by open purchase or contract, at the places and in the manner in which such articles are usually bought and so.ld, or such services engaged, between individuals.
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Page 88 - ... shall, on conviction thereof, be punished, by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment, not exceeding three months, or both, according to the nature and aggravation of the offence.
Page 115 - Presidential term of four years, since the establishment of the government of the United States under the Constitution, began on the 4th of March, 1857; and it will expire on the 3d of March, 1861.
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