. New dollar atlas of the United States and Dominion of Canada ... furnished large numbers of seamen to the American navy, and during the Civil war gave146,730 soldiers and many sailors to the Union forces, and expended over ^$30,000,000on account of the war. Pojyulation.—Census of 1880 : Males, 858,440; Females, 924,645; Native,1,339,504; Foreign, 443,491; White, 1,763,782; Colored, 19,303, including 229 Chi-nese, 8 Japanese, and 369 Indians. 26 STATE OF RHODE Topoijvaph]!.—Rhode Island has an extreme length northand south of forty-seven miles; an extreme width of fortymiles; and an
. New dollar atlas of the United States and Dominion of Canada ... furnished large numbers of seamen to the American navy, and during the Civil war gave146,730 soldiers and many sailors to the Union forces, and expended over ^$30,000,000on account of the war. Pojyulation.—Census of 1880 : Males, 858,440; Females, 924,645; Native,1,339,504; Foreign, 443,491; White, 1,763,782; Colored, 19,303, including 229 Chi-nese, 8 Japanese, and 369 Indians. 26 STATE OF RHODE Topoijvaph]!.—Rhode Island has an extreme length northand south of forty-seven miles; an extreme width of fortymiles; and an area of 1,250 square miles, or 800,000 Bay divides it into two unecjual parts, the west-ern section being much the larger, and extending north fromthe Atlantic ocean about twenty-eight miles. The width of thebay varies from three to twelve miles, and it contains severalislands, of which Aquidneck or Rhode Island, Canonicut andPrudence islands are the most important. Block Island, tenmiles to the south and at the western entrance of the bay, also belongs to this Island has a broken and hilly surface. Rivers are plentiful, though small, ofno use for navigation, but, from their ra[)idity and their numerous waterfalls, of greatservice for manufacturing purj)oses. The chief rivers are the Pawtucket and Pawtuxet,emjitying into Narragansett Bay; and the Pawcatuck, which falls into Long IslatidSound. There are numerous small lakes in thi
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