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" Would to God we may have wisdom enough to improve them. I shall not rest contented, till I have explored the western country, and traversed those lines, or great part of them, which have given bounds to a new empire. "
State of New York: Messages from the Governors - Page 806
by New York (State). Governor - 1909
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Maryland's Influence Upon Land Cessions to the United States, Volume 3

Herbert Baxter Adams - 1885 - 126 pages
...with the immense diffusion and importance of it ; and with the goodness of that Providence which has dealt his favors to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God we may have wisdom enough to improve them! I shall not rest contented until I have explored the Western country, and traversed...
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Ohio Archæological and Historical Quarterly, Volume 18

1909 - 620 pages
...with the immense extent and importance of it and the goodness of that Providence which has dealt its favors to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God we may have wisdom to improve them." While Washington looked to the general improvement of the entire system of inland waterways, his letters...
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The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 2

William Henry Seward - 1888 - 698 pages
...proceeded up the difficult navigation of the Mohawk to Fort Stanwix, now the site of the town of Eome, and crossed to Wood creek, which empties into Oneida...river by means of a canal, the conversion of Fort Stanwix into the centre of a constellation of cities and villages, with all the consequent benefits...
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The United States of Yesterday and of To-morrow

William Barrows - 1887 - 460 pages
...the immense extent and importance of it, and with the goodness of that Providence which has dealt its favors to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God we may have wisdom enough to improve them. I shall not rest contented till I have explored the Western country, and traversed...
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Maxims of Washington: Compiled for Use in Schools, Libraries, and All ...

George Washington - 1894 - 510 pages
...immense extent and importance of it, and with the goodness of that Providence, which has dealt its favors to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God, we may have wisdom enough to improve them. GOD, OUR PRESERVER. We may, with a kind of pious and grateful exultation, trace...
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The Old South Leaflets

Edwin Doak Mead - 1899 - 758 pages
...immense extent and importance of it, and with the goodness of that Providence, which has dealt its favors to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God we may have wisdom enough to improve them. I shall not rest contented, till I have explored the western country, and traversed...
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The Old New York Frontier: Its Wars with Indians and Tories; Its Missionary ...

Francis Whiting Halsey - 1901 - 498 pages
...immense diffusion and importance of it, and with the goodness of that providence which has dealt her favors to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God we may have wisdom enough to improve them. To Middlefield soon returned former settlers, and to Springfield several of...
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The Old New York Frontier: Its Wars with Indians and Tories, Its Missionary ...

Francis Whiting Halsey - 1901 - 490 pages
...immense diffusion and importance of it, and with the goodness of that providence which has dealt her favors to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God we may have wisdom enough to improve them. To Middlefield soon returned former settlers, and to Springfield several of...
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Life and Times of Washington, Volume 4

John Frederick Schroeder - 1903 - 566 pages
...with the immense diffusion and importance of it, and with the goodness of that Providence which has dealt His favors to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God we may have wisdom enough to improve them. I shall not rest contented until I have explored the western country and traversed...
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The Great American Canals, Volume 13

Archer Butler Hulbert - 1904 - 254 pages
...immense extent and importance of it, and with the goodness of that Providence, which has dealt its favors to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God we may have wisdom enough to improve them. I shall not rest contented, till I have explored the western country, and traversed...
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