A dictionary, practical, theoretical and historical of commerce and commercial navigation . lled, traduced, andcalumniated by a large portion of the press, to adegree that can hardly be imagined. The magni-tude of the evil will, probably, lead to its people, with any pretensions to instructionand morality, can patronise a press whose prin-cipal features are misrepresentation, exaggeration,and abuse. NEW YORK. The capital of the state ofthat name, the commercial metropolis of theUnited States, and one of the greatest cities ofmodern times, on the southern extremity ofManhattan Island, a
A dictionary, practical, theoretical and historical of commerce and commercial navigation . lled, traduced, andcalumniated by a large portion of the press, to adegree that can hardly be imagined. The magni-tude of the evil will, probably, lead to its people, with any pretensions to instructionand morality, can patronise a press whose prin-cipal features are misrepresentation, exaggeration,and abuse. NEW YORK. The capital of the state ofthat name, the commercial metropolis of theUnited States, and one of the greatest cities ofmodern times, on the southern extremity ofManhattan Island, at the point of confluenceof the Hudson River, which separates Manhattanfrom New Jersey, with East River, which separatesit from Long Island, lat. 40° 42 N., long. 74° 8 York bay, or inner harbour, is one of thefinest and most capacious in the world; it iscompletely land-locked, and affords the bestanchorage. The entrance to the bay through theNarrows is extremely beautiful. On each side,the shore, though wooded down to the watersedge, is thickly studded with farms, villages, and. NEW YORKHARBOUR . lh *ndan Lorujr
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