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... tion , the board will advert briefly to some of the military and naval properties of this important roadstead . First . It is the only port on the coast accessible with a northwest wind , which is the direction of the most violent ...
... tion , the board will advert briefly to some of the military and naval properties of this important roadstead . First . It is the only port on the coast accessible with a northwest wind , which is the direction of the most violent ...
Pàgina 43
... tion can be found . The probability is that the shoal opposite the last named fort may be occupied permanently ; and if so the fortification of the harbor may be considered as an easy and simple problem . Castle Pinckney , which stands ...
... tion can be found . The probability is that the shoal opposite the last named fort may be occupied permanently ; and if so the fortification of the harbor may be considered as an easy and simple problem . Castle Pinckney , which stands ...
Pàgina 44
... tion , and several of them as affording access to excellent harbors . The latter especially is known to be navigable by the largest sloops - of - war and merchant- men , and two or three of the others are believed to be little if at all ...
... tion , and several of them as affording access to excellent harbors . The latter especially is known to be navigable by the largest sloops - of - war and merchant- men , and two or three of the others are believed to be little if at all ...
Pàgina 45
... tion of the people and the government have in the security of this frontier , is related to others , which hardly have an alternative as to the mode of attaining that security . From the relative geographical position of the coast and ...
... tion of the people and the government have in the security of this frontier , is related to others , which hardly have an alternative as to the mode of attaining that security . From the relative geographical position of the coast and ...
Pàgina 47
... tion which in either case should be the first occupied . Perdido bay . * — This bay is intimately related to Pensacola and Mobile bays both as regards security and intercommunication , and should be surveyed care- fully with a view to ...
... tion which in either case should be the first occupied . Perdido bay . * — This bay is intimately related to Pensacola and Mobile bays both as regards security and intercommunication , and should be surveyed care- fully with a view to ...
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