 I considered, as a great public acquisition, the commencement of a settlement on that point of the western coast of America, and looked forward with gratification to the time when its descendants should have spread themselves through the whole length...  Astoria, Or, Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains - Page 49by Washington Irving - 1836 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - Astoria (Or.) - 1851 - 542 pages
...it with the assurance of every facility and protection which the government could properly afford. I considered. as a great public acquisition, the commencement...coast, covering it with free and independent Americans, unconI . nected with us but by the ties of blood and interest, and enjoying < like us the rights of... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1851 - 590 pages
...it with the assurance of every facility and protection which the government could properly afford. I considered, as a great public acquisition, the commencement...coast, covering it with free and independent Americans, uucon. nected with us but by the ties of blood and interest, and enjoying like us the rights of self-government."... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - History - 1852 - 800 pages
...the Boston Mercantile Library Association, a few days since. In that letter, Mr. Jefferson says, — "I considered as a great public acquisition the commencement...through the whole length of that coast, covering it with frco and independent Americans, unconnected with as but by the ties of blood and interest, and enjoying... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - History - 1852 - 804 pages
...Boston Mercantile Library Association, a few days since. In that letter, Mr. Jefferson says, — " I considered as a great public acquisition the commencement...through the whole length of that coast, covering it witb free and independent Americans, uncounected with us but by the ties of blood and interest, and... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - United States - 1852 - 414 pages
...the Boston Mercantile Library Association, a few days since. In that letter, Mr. Jefferson says,— "I considered as a great public acquisition the commencement of a settlement OB that point of the Western coast of America, and looked forward with gratification to the time, when... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1860 - 542 pages
...it with the assurance of every facility and protection which the government could properly afford. I considered, as a great public acquisition, the commencement...coast, covering it with free and independent Americans, uncon nected with us but by the ties of blood and interest, and enjoying like us the rights of self-government."... | |
 | Washington Irving - Authors, American - 1863 - 546 pages
...it with the assurance of every facility and protection which the government could properly afford. I considered, as a great public acquisition, the commencement...spread themselves through the whole length of that eoast, covering it with free and independent Americans, unconnected with us but by the ties of blood... | |
 | 1843 - 780 pages
...: — " ' 1 considered as a great public acquiaition, the commencement of a settlement on that part of the western coast of America ; and looked forward...when its descendants should have spread themselves over the whole length of the coast, covering it with free and independent Americans unconnected with... | |
 | James D. McCabe - United States - 1871 - 686 pages
...acquisition,' as he afterward expressed himself in a letter to Mr. Astor, 'the commencement of a settlement on the western coast of America, and looked forward with...free and independent Americans, unconnected with us except by ties of blood and interest, and enjoying, like us, the rights of selfgovernment.' Even Jefferson's... | |
 | James D. McCabe - Artists - 1872 - 682 pages
...' as he afterward expressed himself in a ktter ta Mr,, Astor, 'the commencement of a settlement on the western coast of America, and looked forward with...through the whole length of that coast, covering it witli free and independent Americans, unconnected with us except by tiesof blood and interest, and... | |
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