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Title: An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the United States of America, and of the European settlements in America and the West-Indies
Year: 1796 (1790s)
Authors: Winterbotham, William 1763-1829
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: New York : Printed by Tiebout and O'Brien, for John Reid
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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1 LI r., Lonilvdle is at the rapids of Ohio, in a fertile countiy, andpromilcs to be a place of great trade ; it has been made a poi tof entry. Its unhealthinels, owing to (las^nated waters at theback of the town, has couliderably retarded us growth. Inaddition to thcie, theie is Be.uds-fown, in Melion county; andilarroclllvurgh, in Mercer county ; both on the head waicis ofSalt river. Danville, Boonfborough. and Granville, aie alioincrcaiirm tnwris. Several new townfliips are maikcd (uu :the principal of thele arc, Kyfi-ia, Fraaklm. and Ohiopioiningo,On each of ihcie, towns ::re laid out, and no doubt can beentcrtaiucii fnit that <■ rapid p.rc^grcfs v\ill be iu.\dc in lettlingthem. The towrifliip of Lvflra contains lifleen thoufandhcres inthe rolling fcwk of Salt livei. in about 37;;*^ north iatilude, and23)° longituile wefl fion London.=^ Ihc town is laid out on * This traft is puvchafcd by agcn.;, and veiled iu ilie i!.,ndv ofu-uflccs Ltjr !,!iefecuri^y oi liie iublci-jbcrs.
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/ \ OF KENTUCKY. i;3 the South creek of the above fork, on a very eligible plan, com-bining every thing nec^fruy for utility and ornament. Tiic ftreets, angles, circus and fhorc of the creek, to be freefor public uie. Tlie ftieets to be one hundred feet v»ide.The houlcs to be built regulnly, according to the tafte of theproprietor, upon the flrcets running north and louth, on a linetwenty-five feet diflant from the ftrcct, and upon the ftreetsru(ining eaft and weft, on a line with the ftreets. The town is divided into one hundred and eighty-eipht lots,foirfcen of which to be free for the gratuitants, as by a parti-cular arrangement. Twelve lots, in eligible fiUntions, to be referved for fuch fwb-fcnbers as take ten fiiares, one lot to each fuch fubfcriber. One lot to be Uqq to the hi il (choolmafter, and his heirs, cho-(zn and lettled by the freeiioldcrs of the townfliip and town. One lot free to the prelidcnt of a college, and his fucceifors. One lot free to the firft member of Coxt

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