Writings of Levi Woodbury, LL. D.: PoliticalLittle, Brown and Company, 1852 - Electronic books |
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... DELAWARE BAY , • 425 432 • 454 455 GUBERNATORIAL MESSAGE , SPEECHES , AND REPORTS ON STATE TOPICS.
... DELAWARE BAY , • 425 432 • 454 455 GUBERNATORIAL MESSAGE , SPEECHES , AND REPORTS ON STATE TOPICS.
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... DELAWARE BAY . * THE subject of said memorial is of a character deserving the most full and careful consideration . It interests immediately and deeply almost the whole commerce ... DELAWARE BAY . 455 BREAKWATER AT THE MOUTH OF DELAWARE BAY,
... DELAWARE BAY . * THE subject of said memorial is of a character deserving the most full and careful consideration . It interests immediately and deeply almost the whole commerce ... DELAWARE BAY . 455 BREAKWATER AT THE MOUTH OF DELAWARE BAY,
Page 456
... Delaware Bay and the protection of vessels on the adjacent parts of the coast ; " and the present memorialists , as well as the Legislatures of Pennsylvania , New Jersey , and Delaware , have since urged its importance upon the national ...
... Delaware Bay and the protection of vessels on the adjacent parts of the coast ; " and the present memorialists , as well as the Legislatures of Pennsylvania , New Jersey , and Delaware , have since urged its importance upon the national ...
Page 457
... bay is interrupted full two months of the year . It has been estimated , by persons of much observation and experience , that , during such inter- ruption , not over one in ten of the vessels enter and ascend the bay ... DELAWARE BAY . 457.
... bay is interrupted full two months of the year . It has been estimated , by persons of much observation and experience , that , during such inter- ruption , not over one in ten of the vessels enter and ascend the bay ... DELAWARE BAY . 457.
Page 458
... Delaware Bay , is the like security it would furnish to our navy under the circumstances enumerated in respect to vessels engaged in the coasting trade . But especially during war , on a range of more than two hundred ... DELAWARE BAY .
... Delaware Bay , is the like security it would furnish to our navy under the circumstances enumerated in respect to vessels engaged in the coasting trade . But especially during war , on a range of more than two hundred ... DELAWARE BAY .
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