A gazetteer of the United States of America .. . erations in this department of industrybeing confined to the fabrication of articles for family use and home consumption. Population. ?— The number of inhabitants in the District varies at different seasons —6 42 UNITED STATES GAZETTEER. especially those in the city of Washington. During the sessions of Congress, the populationof the capital is of course far more numerous than at other periods ; that of Georgetown iscomparatively much less fluctuating. Climate. — Throughout most of the year, the climate is favorable to human health. Theair is ge
A gazetteer of the United States of America .. . erations in this department of industrybeing confined to the fabrication of articles for family use and home consumption. Population. ?— The number of inhabitants in the District varies at different seasons —6 42 UNITED STATES GAZETTEER. especially those in the city of Washington. During the sessions of Congress, the populationof the capital is of course far more numerous than at other periods ; that of Georgetown iscomparatively much less fluctuating. Climate. — Throughout most of the year, the climate is favorable to human health. Theair is generally salubrious, and the water pure. In some locations, at the hottest seasons,diseases peculiar to the neighboring regions are apt to prevail; but extensively fatal epi-demics are not common. Rcligioii. — The numerical proportions of the respective religious denominations stand,relatively, in the following order: 1. Presbyterians; 2. Episcopalians; 3. Methodists; 4. Bap-tists ; 5. Roman Catholics ; 6. Quakers ; and, 7. FLORIDA. The credit of having discovered this peninsula, now the southernmost of theUnited States, is usually awarded to Juan Pouce de Leon, from Hispaniola, who explored it,to some extent, in 1513 and 1516, and gave to it the name which it still bears. The coast,ho\>ever, had been visited, in 1497, by Sebastian Cabot, from England; but its interior wasnot then examined. In 1539, an expedition from Cuba, commanded by Hernando de Soto,who had served with Pizarro, made a descent upon, and overran the country. In 15G9, abody of French settlers, under Francis Ribault, endeavored to form a civilized colony; buttliey were shortly assailed by the Spaniards, and, after several conflicts, nearly conquerors were afterwards obliged to contend frequently with the English colonists ofGeorgia and South Carolina ; but they maintained possession, though often attacked by bothFrench and English forces, until 1763, the date of its cessi
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