Statistical gazetteer of the state of Virginia, embracing important topographical and historical information from recent and original sources, together with the results of the last census population, in most cases, to 1854 . STREETS, F. W. & R. KING, No. 226 BALTIMORE STREET, MANUFACTURERS OF ENGINEERS, SURVEYING, DRAIVING, AND Daguerreotype Implements, viz:THEODOLITES, TRANSITS, LEVELS, SyRVEMG COMPASSES. DRAWING INSTRUMENTS IN CASES, FROM $ TO $100. Chains, Tape Lines, Ivory Protractors, Scales, &c, Also a general assortment of Daguerreotype Stock and Materials ofall kinds, which we will
Statistical gazetteer of the state of Virginia, embracing important topographical and historical information from recent and original sources, together with the results of the last census population, in most cases, to 1854 . STREETS, F. W. & R. KING, No. 226 BALTIMORE STREET, MANUFACTURERS OF ENGINEERS, SURVEYING, DRAIVING, AND Daguerreotype Implements, viz:THEODOLITES, TRANSITS, LEVELS, SyRVEMG COMPASSES. DRAWING INSTRUMENTS IN CASES, FROM $ TO $100. Chains, Tape Lines, Ivory Protractors, Scales, &c, Also a general assortment of Daguerreotype Stock and Materials ofall kinds, which we will sell at the lowest market prices. ]VETJrtI>OOIIS IMPROVED PATENT PLATFORM SCALES. Those in want of SCALES of any description, will find it totheir advantage to examine the qualities and prices of these Scales,which are of the very best construction, materials and workman-ship, and which, in strength, accuracy and durability, cannot beexcelled, as the unqualified approbation of those using them inthis and other States, will prove. Also, Counter Scales, Patent Balances and Appa-ratus, Scale Beams, &c. Wholesale and Retail, at lowest prices, and warranted correct. MANUFACTORY,No. 48 SOUTH CHARLES STREET,. RICHARD MURDOCH. Scales of any description, size orcapacity, made at short notice. ME GAZETTEER OF VIRGINIA. 307 land by an isthmus about one mile wide. Length 20 miles ; great-est breadth eight miles. Area, about 90 square miles. The surfaceis extremely level; the soil is sandy and moderately fertile. Wheat,potatoes, oats, hay, and live stock are the staples. The forests con-sist of pine, chestnut, and a species of oak, valuable for ship build-ing, which is an important branch of business in this county. In1S50 the county produced 7640 bushels of wheat; 13,292 of sweetpotatoes ; 19,405 of oats, and 1288 tons of hay. There were twosaw mills, one tannery, nine churches, and 400 pupils attendingpublic schools. Named in honor of General Matthews, an officerin the war of the Revo
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