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Page 130
... Havana ; she is an accomplished and opulent American widow . Our hospitality was of the Spanish character . Everything was on a generous scale , and great courtesy and cordiality prevailed . * * " We returned in the cool of the day ...
... Havana ; she is an accomplished and opulent American widow . Our hospitality was of the Spanish character . Everything was on a generous scale , and great courtesy and cordiality prevailed . * * " We returned in the cool of the day ...
Page 131
... Havana , dedicated to charita- ble purposes , the Casa de Beneficiencia , as described by Dr. Abbot , is similar in its objects to the orphan - house of Charles- ton , except , that in point of charity , it goes two steps beyond us ...
... Havana , dedicated to charita- ble purposes , the Casa de Beneficiencia , as described by Dr. Abbot , is similar in its objects to the orphan - house of Charles- ton , except , that in point of charity , it goes two steps beyond us ...
Page 136
... Havana alone , in 1817 , there were no less than 625 sugar estates , and 779 coffee estates ; and that both have been increased , the latter astonishingly , since that time , per- haps doubled in number , in consequence of the high ...
... Havana alone , in 1817 , there were no less than 625 sugar estates , and 779 coffee estates ; and that both have been increased , the latter astonishingly , since that time , per- haps doubled in number , in consequence of the high ...
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... Havana and the Cayos or Keys along the southern point of Florida , both easily watched and commanded from the forts of that island , are the outlets through which the productions of the districts of North - America most abounding in ...
... Havana and the Cayos or Keys along the southern point of Florida , both easily watched and commanded from the forts of that island , are the outlets through which the productions of the districts of North - America most abounding in ...
Page 287
... Havana it is narrowed to a space not exceeding 8 leagues or 27 miles , and from the Havana to Cape Antonio , with some ' occasional dilatation , it gradually contracts to a point . The circumference is 520 leagues or 1794 miles ...
... Havana it is narrowed to a space not exceeding 8 leagues or 27 miles , and from the Havana to Cape Antonio , with some ' occasional dilatation , it gradually contracts to a point . The circumference is 520 leagues or 1794 miles ...
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