It had been intended, on leaving Pittsburg, to proceed as rapidly as possible to New Orleans, to place the boat on the route for which it was designed, between that city and Natchez. It was found, however, on reaching Louisville, that there was not a... Fund Publicaion - Page 14de Maryland Historical Society - 1867Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe - 1871 - 80 pages
...possible to New Orleans, to place the boat on the route for which it was designed, between that city and Natchez. It was found, however, on reaching Louisville,...Cincinnatians, the New Orleans returned to that city, where she was greeted with an enthusiasm that exceeded, even, what was displayed on her descent from... | |
| John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne - 1880 - 606 pages
...possible to New Orleans, to place the boat on the route for which it was designed, between that city and Natchez. It was found, however, on reaching Louisville,...incredulous Cincinnatians, the New Orleans returned to that citv, where she was greeted with an enthusiasm that exceeded, even, what was displayed on her descent... | |
| John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne - 1880 - 594 pages
...-that eity and Natehez. It was found, however, on reaehing Louisville, that there was not a suffieient depth of water on the falls of the Ohio to permit the vessel to pass over them in sufety. Nothing was to be done, therefore, but to wait, as patiently as possible, for a rise in the... | |
| George Henry Preble - 1881 - 298 pages
...which it was designed, between that city and Natchez. It was found, however, on reaching Louisville there was not a sufficient depth of water on the falls...to permit the vessel to pass over them in safety. The " New Orleans" therefore returned to Cincinnati, convincing the most incredulous of her power to... | |
| Emerson W. Gould - 1889 - 792 pages
...readily imagined. that city and Natchez. It was found, however, on reaching Louisville there was not sufficient depth of water on the falls of the Ohio to permit the vessel to pass over them with safety. The New Orleans therefore returned to Cincinnati convincing the most incredulous of her... | |
| John Harrison Morrison - 1908 - 654 pages
...designed, between that city and Natchez. It was found, however, on reaching Louisville, that there was not sufficient depth of water on the Falls of the Ohio...Cincinnatians, the "New Orleans" returned to that city, where she was greeted with an enthusiasm that exceeded even what was displayed on her descent from... | |
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