. A gazetteer of the states of Illinois and Missouri : containing a general view of each state, a general view of their counties, and a particular description of their towns, villages, rivers, &c., &c. : with a map, and other engravings. 7- ~i. JJJJJJJ_L?1?UJJJJJJ_JJJ JJ_ ^1 V I ir ^ 1 1 ^_ J 1 d J i 1 - 1 1 i 1 11 1 t 1 ^ Hill vM. BECKS 1I122 ,cioiH Works TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEW OF TOWNS, &C. 327 sure which romraenced on the Atlantic, a»id which had spreadrapidly over the middle states, wouhl bear lightly upon hei-. Although the assertion may be conside
. A gazetteer of the states of Illinois and Missouri : containing a general view of each state, a general view of their counties, and a particular description of their towns, villages, rivers, &c., &c. : with a map, and other engravings. 7- ~i. JJJJJJJ_L?1?UJJJJJJ_JJJ JJ_ ^1 V I ir ^ 1 1 ^_ J 1 d J i 1 - 1 1 i 1 11 1 t 1 ^ Hill vM. BECKS 1I122 ,cioiH Works TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEW OF TOWNS, &C. 327 sure which romraenced on the Atlantic, a»id which had spreadrapidly over the middle states, wouhl bear lightly upon hei-. Although the assertion may be consideied paradoxical, the si-tuation of St. Louis and of Missouri, is at present more prosper-ous than ever. The citizens have, in a great measuie, aban-doned their wild and visionary schemes of money-making.—They are now directing their attention to the cultivatiori of thesoil, and their inexhaustible mines of lead and iron. Domesticmanufactures are substituted for foreign fineiies, and industryand frugality have taken the place of idleness and dissipation. Accoiding to an enumeration taken by the editor of the * Directory, this town contained in May, 1821, 65 dwel-ling houses, £32 of which are built of biick and stone, and 419of wood. The majority of the dwellings erected by the French,are one story high, and surrounded wit
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