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 .. . versified with ranges of hills. Itis memorable for the surrender of Burgoyne to General Gates, on theseventeenth of October, 1777. Population, two thousand four hundred andsixty-one. Saratoga Springs, an incorporated village in Saratoga county, NewYork, and the
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 .. . versified with ranges of hills. Itis memorable for the surrender of Burgoyne to General Gates, on theseventeenth of October, 1777. Population, two thousand four hundred andsixty-one. Saratoga Springs, an incorporated village in Saratoga county, NewYork, and the great fashionable resort during summer, on account of itsmineral waters. The springs are numerous, and the accommodations forvisitors extensive ; but the surrounding country has few attractions. Thevillage is built on a low sandy plain. Population, two thousand two hun-dred and four. Suugerties, a town of Ulster county, New York, crossed by Esopuscreek. One mile west of it is the village, and at its mouth are extensivemanufacturing establishments, supplied with water by a canal cut deepthrough a rock round the head of the falls, and leading into an artificialbasin. The creek is navigable for sloops to these mills. The inhabitants POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY. 329 are generally of Dutch descent. Population, three thousand eight hun* Barclays Iron Works, Saugerties. Savannah, in Chatham county, a port of entry, and the principal empo-rium of Georgia, is situated on the river of the same name, seventeenmiles from its mouth. It is built on a sandy cliff, elevated forty feet abovelow tide. Vessels drawing fourteen feet of water come up to the city;larger vessels stop three miles below. The city is regularly laid out, andcontains ten squares, that, with the public walks, are planted with the Prideof China trees, which contribute much to the salubrity,comfort and ornamentof the place. The streets are unpaved, and very sandy. The principalpublic buildings are a court house, exchange, acad
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