A gazetteer of the United States of America .. . ts. + Governor of Virginia under the crown. § James Smithson, Esq. 24 UNITED STATES. west is a happy comment on the domestic effort; while the creation of a new republic on tlieshores of Africa is one of the most glorious of the triumphs of religion, humanity, and polit •ical wisdom. Notliing will be wanting to the greatness and prosperity of our cherished republic, if, securingthe blessing of God by obedience to his Word, under the directions of which no small portionof our ancestors lived and toiled, we hold on our way with fearless integrity,
A gazetteer of the United States of America .. . ts. + Governor of Virginia under the crown. § James Smithson, Esq. 24 UNITED STATES. west is a happy comment on the domestic effort; while the creation of a new republic on tlieshores of Africa is one of the most glorious of the triumphs of religion, humanity, and polit •ical wisdom. Notliing will be wanting to the greatness and prosperity of our cherished republic, if, securingthe blessing of God by obedience to his Word, under the directions of which no small portionof our ancestors lived and toiled, we hold on our way with fearless integrity, and a conscien-tious love of our country and our race. DESCRIPTIONS STATES AND TERRITORIES l^ The reader will please to observe that the statistical tables and other documents near the close otIhe volume will be found to contain much additional information in regard to the several and combinedhitercsts of the following confederated republics, denominated the United States of America. These states and territories are alphabetically ALABAMA ranks as the twenty-second state of the American Union. It was orig-inallysettled by French and Spanish immigrants. In conjunction witii Mississippi, it was set offfrom Georgia, in 1800, as a separate territory; which again was divided in 1817, the westernportion fomiing the State of Mississippi, and the eastern the Territory of Alabama — now thestate of that name, having been so constituted by act of Congress in March, 1819. Limits and Extent. — It is bounded by Tennessee on the nortli, Georgia on the east, Floridaand the Gulf of Mexico on the south, and Mississippi on the west. It extends from 30- 10 to35^ north latitude, and from 85^ to 88- 30 west longitude ; comprising an area of nearly51,000 square miles. Surface and Soil. — The face of the country exhibits much variety. In tlie northern quarter,where the Alleghany Mountains terminate, it is elevated and somewhat broken, but graduallyimproves in appearance and fertil
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