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... Canal to Honesdale , and thence by road to Bethany , where we arrived on the 2nd of November , and where two of our daughters kept schools for females ; one the Couu- ty Academy , the other kept a Seminary of her own . The prospect up ...
... Canal to Honesdale , and thence by road to Bethany , where we arrived on the 2nd of November , and where two of our daughters kept schools for females ; one the Couu- ty Academy , the other kept a Seminary of her own . The prospect up ...
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... Canal . After crossing at this place ( called the mouth ) we got into the State of Pennsylvania . On arriving at Honesdale , Mr. Tarbox , the Justice of the peace in that place , came on the quay , bade me welcome , and invited me to ...
... Canal . After crossing at this place ( called the mouth ) we got into the State of Pennsylvania . On arriving at Honesdale , Mr. Tarbox , the Justice of the peace in that place , came on the quay , bade me welcome , and invited me to ...
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... Canal , the first I had seen for the season . The road from Trenton to Bristol was very fine . Coming on to Cornwall's Tavern six miles from Bristol , I crossed a creek ( as they call it ) a brook , over which was a bridge , for which I ...
... Canal , the first I had seen for the season . The road from Trenton to Bristol was very fine . Coming on to Cornwall's Tavern six miles from Bristol , I crossed a creek ( as they call it ) a brook , over which was a bridge , for which I ...
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... canal between that and the turnpike , a delightful valley on my left , and high rising ground on my right . There the soil is lime- stone , and so for a great part of the way from Philadel- phia but farmers seem to know but little use ...
... canal between that and the turnpike , a delightful valley on my left , and high rising ground on my right . There the soil is lime- stone , and so for a great part of the way from Philadel- phia but farmers seem to know but little use ...
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... Pennsylvania by Canal , rail road & c . On the 17th of May 1832 , my daughter and I took leave of our dear and much loved friends at Harrisburg ; and set out for Bethany . Some friends procured a carriage to carry us to Middle- 80.
... Pennsylvania by Canal , rail road & c . On the 17th of May 1832 , my daughter and I took leave of our dear and much loved friends at Harrisburg ; and set out for Bethany . Some friends procured a carriage to carry us to Middle- 80.
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