The history and topography of the United States of America . iversity 470 Hancock House, Boston .... 474 Kuins of the Old Fort 476 State House, Newport 478 Yale College 480 Newhaven, Connecticut .... 481 Monte Video 481 Distant view of the Falls of Niagara . 482 Falls of the Caatskill 483 View of the Caatskill Mountain House . 483 Timber raft on Lake Champlain .The Erie Canal ....Palisade rocks on the Hudson riverDistant view of Skenectady . Albany Masonic Hall, Broadway, New York St. Pauls, Broadway . City Hall, New York . Military School, West Point, New York Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga . Sour
The history and topography of the United States of America . iversity 470 Hancock House, Boston .... 474 Kuins of the Old Fort 476 State House, Newport 478 Yale College 480 Newhaven, Connecticut .... 481 Monte Video 481 Distant view of the Falls of Niagara . 482 Falls of the Caatskill 483 View of the Caatskill Mountain House . 483 Timber raft on Lake Champlain .The Erie Canal ....Palisade rocks on the Hudson riverDistant view of Skenectady . Albany Masonic Hall, Broadway, New York St. Pauls, Broadway . City Hall, New York . Military School, West Point, New York Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga . Source of the Passaic . Head waters of the Juniata . United States Bank, Philadelphia Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Pliiladel])hia Race Bridge, Fair Slount AVaterworks Upper Ferry Bridge Penitentiary Theatre, Wiilnut street, Pliilndcl]ihia Kenyon College, Ohio . Capitol of Virginia, liichmond Harpurs Ferry Capitol of North Carolina City Hall, Augusta . 483. 485. 485. 485. 489. 490. 490. 490. 492. 492. 493. 498. 502. 502. 503. 503. 503. 504. 505. 529. 534. 543. 5S1. TOPOGRAPHY THE UNITED STATES. BOOK I. niYSICAL I. GENERAL OUTLINE. MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, &C 1 HE territory of the United States has undergone nian}^ changes subsequently to theformation of the repubhc; all of them, however, tending to its enlargement. At theclose of the war which established their independence, it was the wish of many,both among the French and the English, to limit them to the possession of theAtlantic coast, and to coop them up, as some of their own writers have termed it,within the mountain chains which run nearly in a parallel direction with it, at adistance, for the most part, of several hundred miles. The endeavours of theAmerican negotiators prevented such a result, and obtained the river Mississippi asthe western boundary. The state, as thus constituted, was of great extent; but itwas far from satisfying the wishes of this young nation. They first cast their eyesover the immense tract to th
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