A book of the United States : exhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution and government ..and presenting a view of the republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land ..The biography ..of the leading men; a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . Population, two thousand three hundred and sixty-one. Harrisburg, the seat of government of the state of Pennsylvania, is inDauphin county, and situated on the eastern bank of the Susquehanna,nmety-six miles from Philadelphia. It is regularly built, and has a ha
A book of the United States : exhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution and government ..and presenting a view of the republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land ..The biography ..of the leading men; a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . Population, two thousand three hundred and sixty-one. Harrisburg, the seat of government of the state of Pennsylvania, is inDauphin county, and situated on the eastern bank of the Susquehanna,nmety-six miles from Philadelphia. It is regularly built, and has a hand-some state house, and other public edifices. A bridge here crosses theSusquehanna. Population, four thousand three hundred and eleven. 29G BOOK OF THE UNITED STATES. Hartford, city, the capital of Hartford county, and, jointly with New-Haven, the seat of government of Connecticut. It stands on the westernbank of the Connecticut, at the head of sloop navigation. It is handsome-ly built, and contains many fine public edifices, among which are a Gothicchurch, much admired for its architecture; a state house, a deaf and dumbasylum, a retreat for the insane, and a seminary called Washington col-lege. This institution was founded in 1826. Hartford enjoys a conside-rable commerce with Boston, New York, and the southern cities. The. Hartford, Conn. bookselling trade is carried on here extensively, and there is much in-land traffic with the towns on the Connecticut, and in the the opposite bank of the river is East Hartford, which is connectedwith the city by a bridge. The inhabitants point out to the stranger ant oak tree in the southern part of the city, which bears the name of barter Oak, and is interesting on account of its connection with ourv. Population, nine thousand eight , in Essex county, Massachusetts, on the Merrimack, twelvemiles above Newburyport. Population, three thousand nine hundred andtwelve. This is a pleasantly situated town, and
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