Reports of Committees: 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volum 4 |
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Pàgina 35
... vessels at the first instant of a change of weather ; and , lastly , our vessels being cut off from Boston by the position of the enemy , or constrained by adverse winds to deviate from their course , would find to the south a shelter ...
... vessels at the first instant of a change of weather ; and , lastly , our vessels being cut off from Boston by the position of the enemy , or constrained by adverse winds to deviate from their course , would find to the south a shelter ...
Pàgina 36
... vessels , engaged chiefly in the whale fishery , are owned at Nantucket alone ; and that forty or fifty vessels , not be- longing to the sound , and many of them containing the richest cargoes , are often seen in the harbors , waiting a ...
... vessels , engaged chiefly in the whale fishery , are owned at Nantucket alone ; and that forty or fifty vessels , not be- longing to the sound , and many of them containing the richest cargoes , are often seen in the harbors , waiting a ...
Pàgina 41
... vessels - of - war from the harbors within . But as this , in the present state of things , is the outlet of an extensive commerce , and as through this opening attempts might be made in small vessels or in boats to interrupt the ...
... vessels - of - war from the harbors within . But as this , in the present state of things , is the outlet of an extensive commerce , and as through this opening attempts might be made in small vessels or in boats to interrupt the ...
Pàgina 42
... vessels and small vessels - of - war . It is probable this harbor may be well defended by a work placed near the mouth of Moschito creek , a little within the chaps of the harbor , or perhaps upon Winyaw Point . The present fort ...
... vessels and small vessels - of - war . It is probable this harbor may be well defended by a work placed near the mouth of Moschito creek , a little within the chaps of the harbor , or perhaps upon Winyaw Point . The present fort ...
Pàgina 44
... vessels passing at all seasons through the Florida channel . While , therefore , this part of the coast , from the concentration of vessels here , is in great need of protection of some sort , naval aid can be extended to it only with ...
... vessels passing at all seasons through the Florida channel . While , therefore , this part of the coast , from the concentration of vessels here , is in great need of protection of some sort , naval aid can be extended to it only with ...
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