A book of the United StatesExhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution, and government ..and presenting a view of the Republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land, from its first discovery to the present timeThe biography of about two hundred of the leading men: a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . ce of the city on the twelfthand thirteenth of September, 1814. The Washington Monument is builtof white marble, on an elevation in the north part of the city; it is onehundred and sixty-three feet high
A book of the United StatesExhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution, and government ..and presenting a view of the Republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land, from its first discovery to the present timeThe biography of about two hundred of the leading men: a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . ce of the city on the twelfthand thirteenth of September, 1814. The Washington Monument is builtof white marble, on an elevation in the north part of the city; it is onehundred and sixty-three feet high, and on its summit is placed a colossalstatue of Washington. This monument is embellished with bas-reliefs,and other decorations. Baltimore is the greatest flour market in the United Stales. In its im-mediate neighborhood, are above sixty Hour mills, a single one of whichhas produced thirty-two thousand barrels in a year. Within the samecompass are numerous manufactories of cotton, cloth, powder, paper, iron,glass, steam engines, and other articles. The Baltimore and Ohio rail-road extends a distance of three hundred miles, from this city to the Ohioriver at Pittsburgh. The Baltimore and Susquehanna rail-road is to 23* 27G BOOK OF THE UNITED STATES. extend seventy-six miles to York in Pennsylvania. The Chcsapeak andOhio canal, of the proposed length of three hundred and forty-one miles. Battle Monument, Baltimore. was commenced m 1828. The population of Baltimore isand two thousand three hundred and thirteen. one hundred * Baltimore has the honor, I believe, of being the first city which has raised an architectural memorial of its gratitude to Washington. It consists of a column of whitemarble, rising from a quadrangular base. The shaft of the column is about one hun-dred and twenty feet high, and is surmounted by a colossal statue, which, from itsthrone, seems proudly to overlook the city. The design of this monument, which isyet unfinished, is simple and grand, and docs hono
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