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, One of the hanks of the Ofwego river 2ho\Lt a mile fttilti the 

 lake is, entirely, compofed of ftrata oifree Jione^ which appear 



to be fupenor in texture and beauty to thole found in New 

 Jerfey. Thefe will furnifli a cheap and elegant material for 

 the (lately buildings which we may anticipate in a few yearj 

 to be ereifted in the r% of Ofwego lately founded under the 



aufpfces of our legifllfture, " '" 



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An account of the deleterious effe&s of Mepbitic Aify ormarfi miaf- 



cperienc€4 hy. thrc^meti^ July 



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the Bofon pier ; in a letter to the Rev, JPSEPH WILL ARD 

 p reft dent of the univerfty in Cambridge^ and vice prefident 

 the- American Academy of Arts &hd Sciences, By Rev, JOHN 



LATB.KOV: D.n. A.A,S: 



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HIS well, like that which was dug fome years ago 



Minot's' Tjj a part of the. fame pier, commonly called, the 



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Long Wharf, is wholly furrounded with fait water, 

 which it is fecured with clay and ilrong boxes. 



'^'The workmen had advanced about 27 feet before they ex- 

 perienced any inconveniency from bad air. , 



The feveral flrata, through wliich they pafTed for good wa- 



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