Our great continent; sketches, picturesque and historic: within and beyond the States . wn authorities. In October, 1864, a new Constitution was ratified bythe people. It abolished Slavery, and disfranchised all who had aided orencouraged rebellion against the National Government. The authorities ofthe State furnished to the National army during the war 49,730 men. Maryland is becoming a considerable manufacturing State. In 1880 ithad 6787 manufacturing establishments, employing 74,945 workmen, with$58,743,384 capital invested, and aggregate products valued at $106,780, had over looo mil
Our great continent; sketches, picturesque and historic: within and beyond the States . wn authorities. In October, 1864, a new Constitution was ratified bythe people. It abolished Slavery, and disfranchised all who had aided orencouraged rebellion against the National Government. The authorities ofthe State furnished to the National army during the war 49,730 men. Maryland is becoming a considerable manufacturing State. In 1880 ithad 6787 manufacturing establishments, employing 74,945 workmen, with$58,743,384 capital invested, and aggregate products valued at $106,780, had over looo miles of railways in operation within its borders, and theChesapeake and Ohio canal traverses the State from the District of Colum-bia to Cumberland. Baltimore is its only great city, and contained a popula-tion, in 1880, of 332,313. Maryland had in 1880 enrolled in its public schools 162,431 pupils, withan average daily attendance of 85,449. It expended that year for publicschools $1,395,284. The State contained nine universities or colleges, sixof which belong to the Roman (1636.) Rhode Island, the smallest of the thirty-eight Common-wealths which comprise the Republic of the United States-of America, was one of the original States of the history, in detail, is very interesting. The AtlanticOcean washes its entire southern border; Massachusettslies on its northern and eastern borders, and Connecticutbounds its western limits. It lies between 41° 18 and 42° 3 north latitude,,and 71° 8 and 71° 53 west longitude, and embraces an area of 1250 squaremiles. The population of Rhode Island in 1880 was 276,531, of which 6,592were colored. The State of Rhode Island is divided into two unequal parts by Narra-gansett Bay, which penetrates the land to Providence, about thirty miles fromthe sea. Its topography is diversified, a part of the country being hilly andother portions level and sandy or marshy. The great Bay is thickly studded,with picturesque islands, and i
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