 | John Marshall - 1804 - 648 pagina’s
...situated for a fort, as it has the absolute command of both rivers. The land at the point is twenty, or twenty-five feet above the common surface of the water;...building. The rivers are each a quarter of a mile, or more across, and run here very nearly at right angles; Alleghany, bearing northeast; and Monongahela,... | |
 | John Marshall - 1804 - 654 pagina’s
...situated for a fort, as it has the absolute command of both rivers. The land at the point is twenty, or twenty-five feet above the common surface of the water;...building. The rivers are each a quarter of a mile, or more across, and run here very nearly at right angles; Alleghany, bearing northeast ; and Monongahela,... | |
 | John Marshall - 1804 - 562 pagina’s
...as it has the absolute command of both rivers. The land -at the point is twenty or twenty-fivefeet above the common surface of the water, and a considerable...building. The rivers are, each a quarter of a mile or more across, and run here very nearly at right angles ; Aleghany bearing NE and Monongahela SE :... | |
 | 1805 - 618 pagina’s
...situated for a fort, as it has the absolute command of both rivers. The land at the point is twenty, or twenty-five feet above the common surface of the water;...building. The rivers are each a quarter of a mile, or more across, and run here very nearly at right angles; Allegheny, bearing northeast; and Monongahela,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 590 pagina’s
...situated for a fort, as it has the absolute command of both rivers. The land, at the point, is twenty or twenty-five feet above the common surface of the water;...building. The rivers are each a quarter of a mile, or more, across, and run here very nearly at right angles; Alleghany, bearing north-east; and Monongahela,... | |
 | 1826 - 438 pagina’s
...feet above the common surface of the water ; and a considerable bottom of flat, well timbered land around it, very convenient for building. The rivers are each a quarter of a mile, or more across, and run here very nearly at right angles ; Allegheny, bearing north-east ; and Monongahela,... | |
 | George Washington - 1834 - 574 pagina’s
...twenty-five feet above the common surface of the water ; and a considerable bottom of flat, welltimbered land all around it, very convenient for building. The rivers are each a quarter of a mile or more across, and run here very nearly at right angles; Allegany bearing northeast; and Monongahela... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 574 pagina’s
...twenty-five feet above the common surface of the water ; and a considerable bottom of flat, welltimbered land all around it, very convenient for building. The rivers are each a quarter of a mile or more across, and run here very nearly at right angles; Allegany bearing northeast; and Monongahela... | |
 | Israel Daniel Rupp - 1846 - 814 pagina’s
...our baggage, to meet us at the forks of Ohio, about ten miles below ; there to cross the Allegheny. ''As I got down before the canoe, I spent some time...building. The rivers are each a quarter of a mile or more across, and run here very nearly at right angles ; Allegheny, bearing north-east ; and Monongahela,... | |
 | Israel Daniel Rupp - 1846 - 788 pagina’s
...both rivers. The land at the point is twenty-five feet above the common surface of the water; »nd a considerable bottom of flat well timbered land all...building. The rivers are each a quarter of a mile or more across, and run hero very nearly at right angles ; Allegheny, bearing north-east; and Monongahela,... | |
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... land all around it very convenient for building. The rivers are each a quarter of a mile, or more across, and run here very nearly at right angles; Allegheny, bearing northeast; and Monongahela, southeast. The former of these two is a very rapid and... 
