The State Convention on Internal Improvements: Containing the ResolutionW. I. Niles, 1825 - 63 strani |
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... lakes ; receiving into her bosom a capacious bay , offering every ad- vantage of Atlantic ports , and through it from the north the waters of the Sus- quehannah , which even now open a natural and facile highway for the trade of ...
... lakes ; receiving into her bosom a capacious bay , offering every ad- vantage of Atlantic ports , and through it from the north the waters of the Sus- quehannah , which even now open a natural and facile highway for the trade of ...
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... be to force on its spee- dy extension , to place it on the line , and as one of the links of the canal na- vigation from lake Erie to the Chesapeake , and to ensure to our state , the en- ג tire trade of all the west , watered by the 11.
... be to force on its spee- dy extension , to place it on the line , and as one of the links of the canal na- vigation from lake Erie to the Chesapeake , and to ensure to our state , the en- ג tire trade of all the west , watered by the 11.
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... lakes - a country containing little less than two hundred thousand square miles , and a population little short of two millions of souls , the increasing extent of whose trade and the growth of whose population has outstripped , and ...
... lakes - a country containing little less than two hundred thousand square miles , and a population little short of two millions of souls , the increasing extent of whose trade and the growth of whose population has outstripped , and ...
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... Lake Erie , no longer admits of a doubt in the opinion of this con- vention . There was a period when the magnitude of the undertaking appaled even the most sanguine , who not only doubted the practicability of the measure , but more ...
... Lake Erie , no longer admits of a doubt in the opinion of this con- vention . There was a period when the magnitude of the undertaking appaled even the most sanguine , who not only doubted the practicability of the measure , but more ...
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... Lake Erie , and from thence to the point where the Chesapeake and Ohio canal would enter the Lake , about two hundred miles more , making seven hundred and thirteen miles . From Baltimore to Lake Erie , on the route contemplated , it is ...
... Lake Erie , and from thence to the point where the Chesapeake and Ohio canal would enter the Lake , about two hundred miles more , making seven hundred and thirteen miles . From Baltimore to Lake Erie , on the route contemplated , it is ...
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accomplishment adopted advantages agricultural Alleghany county Alleghany mountains Ann Arundel county appointed Atlantic calculated canal navigation canals or rail cents Charles county Chesapeake and Ohio Chesapeake bay citizens city of Baltimore coal commerce committee Daniel Jenifer effect emporium Erie canal expense of transportation exports extent fertile fifty miles five hundred Frederick county Howard hundred and fifty hundred miles hundred thousand increase interest internal improvement investment Jenifer John labor lake Erie land legislature of Maryland M'Mahon manufactures Maulsby ment millions of dollars motion object opinion Patapsco Patapsco river Pennsylvania Pittsburg Plater population portion Potomac company Potomac river Potts present produce proper proposed canal question rail roads resolutions offered Resolved further Richard Potts seven hundred soil Sprigg square miles submitted the following system of internal territory Thomas Ellicott Thomas Phenix three hundred tion tolls trade union United Virginia Washington county water power wealth western York
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Stran 7 - The west derives from the east supplies requisite to its growth and comfort... and what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions, to the weight, influence, and the future maritime strength of the Atlantic side of the union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest. as one nation.
Stran 30 - The East in a like intercourse with the West, already finds, and in the progressive improvement of interior communications, by land and water, will more and more find a valuable vent for the commodities which it brings from abroad, or manufactures at home. The West derives from the East supplies requisite to its growth and comfort ; and what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions to the weight, influence,...
Stran 14 - Ten members shall be present to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all questions shall be determined by a majority of the members present at any meeting.
Stran 27 - Maryland, submitted a report that the practicability of a canal from Baltimore to intersect and unite with the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, thence to Pittsburg, and thence to Lake Erie, no longer admitted of a doubt, but should be carried out.
Stran 13 - No member shall speak more than twice on the same subject, without leave of the Senate; nor more• than once, until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken.
Stran 13 - After Chase had spoken a while,3 he 'On Tuesday, we learn from the minority's address, the following proposed rules of order had been rejected by the convention : " When a motion is made and seconded, the matter of the motion shall receive a determination by the question, or be postponed, by general consent, or the previous question, before any other motion shall be received ;" and " Every question shall be entered on the journal...
Stran 33 - Bingham then offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted: Resolved, unanimously, That the thanks of this House be, and they are hereby presented to the honorable Philo C.
Stran 17 - ... control, administration, and supervision of schools and educational programs are to be reserved strictly to the states and forbidden to all federal officers and agencies. Among the various professional organizations of teachers there is strong support for the Harrison-Fletcher bill because of the belief that the time has arrived when the government of the United States must more fully discharge its obligation in support of schools for the citizens in all areas of our country.