A book of the United States : exhibiting 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 ..The biography ..of the leading men; a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . ort of entry, and chief town of Spottsylvania countyVirginia, situated on the right bank of the Rappahanoc river, is a flourish-ing place. It stands at the head of tide water. Population, three thousandthree hundred and eight. Fredericktown, in Frederick county,
A book of the United States : exhibiting 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 ..The biography ..of the leading men; a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . ort of entry, and chief town of Spottsylvania countyVirginia, situated on the right bank of the Rappahanoc river, is a flourish-ing place. It stands at the head of tide water. Population, three thousandthree hundred and eight. Fredericktown, in Frederick county, Maryland, is situated forty-sevenmiles from Baltimore, on the Pittsburg road, and is a flourishing place,carrying on considerable manufactures, and a brisk inland trade through afertile and well-cultivated country. It is the second town in the state, andincreases with rapidity. Population, seven thousand two hundred and fifty-five. Galena, a village in Illinois, the centre of a celebrated lead-mining dis-trict, from which it takes its name. It is situated on Fever river, five milesbefore it empties into the Mississippi. Gardiner, a flourishing town in Kennebec county, Maine, on the westbank of the Kennebec river. It has a considerable trade in lumber, andin manufactures of cotton and iron, and many very valuable mills. In this. Church in Gardiner. town is a Gothic church, built of granite, and considered the finestspecimen of architecture in the state. Population, three thousand sevenhundred and nine. Georgetown, city of the district of Columbia, and separated from Wash- POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY. 295 mgton only by a small creek, is finely situated on a series of heights at abend of the Potomac. It is well laid out, and contains some good privateresidences. The Catholic college is an ancient pile of building, with alarge library, and some good paintings. The Chesapeak and Ohio canalpasses through this town. Tobacco and flour are exported in considerablequantities. Population, eight
Size: 1441px × 1734px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1830, bookidbookofunited, bookyear1838
