Potomac landings . the mansions on the heights ofGeorgetown. Its union with Washington City hasdestroyed neither its individuality nor its charm. The rise and development of the Capital City atthe head of tidewater Potomac is living history, thetopic of a considerable literature, another story apartfrom this brief chronicle of the river. With this glance at the location and at the fate ofthese towns on the river the survey of the generaldevelopment of life along the Potomac is native Indian has been seen to give way to theexplorers, and the explorers to the planters. In theplante
Potomac landings . the mansions on the heights ofGeorgetown. Its union with Washington City hasdestroyed neither its individuality nor its charm. The rise and development of the Capital City atthe head of tidewater Potomac is living history, thetopic of a considerable literature, another story apartfrom this brief chronicle of the river. With this glance at the location and at the fate ofthese towns on the river the survey of the generaldevelopment of life along the Potomac is native Indian has been seen to give way to theexplorers, and the explorers to the planters. In theplanter group are the dominating and determiningfigures in the story of life along the shores. Establishedin their seats above their landings, be they manorhouses of Maryland or mansions of Virginia; with anordered civil life developed; with parishes laid off andchurches built; interest may now attach to more inti-mate features of the planters daily existence, the do-mestic and social life of his home and /?
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