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... viâ Red River : their intention was to farm , which , without some capital to commence with , is not remunerative - had they been labourers they would no doubt have remained , as it was , they returned impoverished and exhausted . From ...
... viâ Red River : their intention was to farm , which , without some capital to commence with , is not remunerative - had they been labourers they would no doubt have remained , as it was , they returned impoverished and exhausted . From ...
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... viâ New York from Liverpool . But as the connection between the Royal Mail Line and American conveyances is very imperfect , I recommend travellers , unless very patriotic , to avoid it . Having been myself a victim , and in con ...
... viâ New York from Liverpool . But as the connection between the Royal Mail Line and American conveyances is very imperfect , I recommend travellers , unless very patriotic , to avoid it . Having been myself a victim , and in con ...
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... via the isthmus , is made in about forty - five days , and that the enormous expenses , 80l . to 100 % , and the fact of their being so very circuitous , are the main objec- tions to the routes viâ Panama , Nicaragua , or Tehuan- tepec ...
... via the isthmus , is made in about forty - five days , and that the enormous expenses , 80l . to 100 % , and the fact of their being so very circuitous , are the main objec- tions to the routes viâ Panama , Nicaragua , or Tehuan- tepec ...
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... viâ El Paso , to San Diego , semi - monthly , ( weekly from San Antonio to El Paso and Fort Yuma ) , it will be suffi- cient to mention shortly , that the San Diego and San Antonio route consists of a weekly mail service , receiving a ...
... viâ El Paso , to San Diego , semi - monthly , ( weekly from San Antonio to El Paso and Fort Yuma ) , it will be suffi- cient to mention shortly , that the San Diego and San Antonio route consists of a weekly mail service , receiving a ...
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... viâ Salt Lake City . By this route the distance from San Joseph to San Francisco is 1770 miles , and time taken to travel there , 38 days . It is a weekly mail service , for the carrying of which the United States government pays ...
... viâ Salt Lake City . By this route the distance from San Joseph to San Francisco is 1770 miles , and time taken to travel there , 38 days . It is a weekly mail service , for the carrying of which the United States government pays ...
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