 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations - 1960 - 1690 pagina’s
...voiced its potentiality to our new-born Nation. In reporting on one of his early journeys, he said: 'Prompted by these actual observations I could not help taking a more extensive view of the vast inland navigation possibilities of the United States, both from maps and... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations - 1960 - 1736 pagina’s
...voiced its potentiality to our newborn Nation. In reporting on one of his early journeys, he said : 'Prompted by these actual observations, I could not help taking a more extensive view of the vast inland navigation possibilities of the United States, both from maps and... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations - 1960 - 1502 pagina’s
...voiced its potentiality to our new-born Nation. In reporting on one of his early journeys, he said: ‘Prompted by these actual observations I could not help taking a more extensive view of the vast inland navigation possibilities of the United States, both from maps and... | |
 | Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - 1913 - 248 pagina’s
...and the Hudson. On his return he wrote to Chevalier de Chastellux: ' ' I could not help taking a more extensive view of the vast inland navigation of these United States, and could not but be struck by the immense extent and importance of it, and of the goodness of that Providence which has dealt... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - 1972 - 686 pagina’s
...George Washington noted in a 1783 letter to Chevalier de Castellux: "I could not help taking a more extensive view of the vast inland navigation of these United States and could not but be struck by the immense extent and importance of it, and with the goodness of that Providence, which has dealt... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs - 1972 - 680 pagina’s
...George Washington noted in a 1783 letter to Chevalier de Castellux: "I could not help taking a more extensive view of the vast inland navigation of these United States and could not but be struck by the immense extent and importance of it, and with the goodness of that Providence, which has dealt... | |
 | Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - 1912 - 422 pagina’s
...and viewed the Lake Otsego, and the portage between that Lake and the Mohawk River at Canajoharie. Prompted by these actual observations, I could not...the vast inland navigation of these United States, from maps and the information of others ; and could not but be struck with the immense diffusion and... | |
 | J. T. W. Hubbard - 1995 - 352 pagina’s
..."Prompted by these actual observations," Washington later wrote enthusiastically to a French nobleman, "I could not help taking a more contemplative and...the vast inland navigation of these United States." He went on to speak of the importance of improving the network of natural waterways already dealt to... | |
 | James D. Dilts - 1996 - 594 pagina’s
...tour of New York that included the Mohawk Valley, General Washington wrote the Marquis de Chastellux: I could not help taking a more contemplative and extensive...that Providence which has dealt his favors to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God we have wisdom enough to improve them ! I shall not rest contented... | |
 | Reginald Byron - 1999 - 330 pagina’s
...States, from maps and the information of others; and could not but be struck with the immense extent and importance of it, and with the goodness of that Providence which has dealt its favours to us with such profuse a hand. Would to God we may have wisdom enough to improve them.... | |
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Prompted by these actual observations, I could not help taking a more contemplative and extensive view of the vast inland navigation of these United States, and could not but be struck with the immense diffusion and importance of it, and with the goodness... 
