The great metropolis : or, New York in 1845 . 10. 20 MEMORANDA FOR DECEMBER. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 Description of the City of ]\ew York. (The facts chiefly from McCullochs Gazetteer. J Location of the City, Population, &c. NEW YORK CITY, the principal city of the State of NewI York, and in population, wealth, and commerce, the largest cityin the United States, deserves to be denominated the London of| America. The City Hall is in 40° 4:2 40 N. lat., and 74° 1 8 from Greenwich, and 3° 0 10 E. long, from Washington. It|is 80 miles N. E. Philadelphia, 210 m. S. W. Boston, 225 m.
The great metropolis : or, New York in 1845 . 10. 20 MEMORANDA FOR DECEMBER. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 Description of the City of ]\ew York. (The facts chiefly from McCullochs Gazetteer. J Location of the City, Population, &c. NEW YORK CITY, the principal city of the State of NewI York, and in population, wealth, and commerce, the largest cityin the United States, deserves to be denominated the London of| America. The City Hall is in 40° 4:2 40 N. lat., and 74° 1 8 from Greenwich, and 3° 0 10 E. long, from Washington. It|is 80 miles N. E. Philadelphia, 210 m. S. W. Boston, 225 m. N. , 070 m. N. E. Charleston, 145 m. S. Albany, 372 m. , 1370 m. N. E. New Orleans. The Population, in 1790, was 33,131; in 1800. : in 1810,90,373; in 1820, 123,706; in le30, 202,589; in 1840, 312,710. Em-ployed in commerce, 11,305; in manufactures and trades, 43,390;in navigating the ocean, 2,786; do. rivers and canals, 716; in thelearned professions, 2,929. There are not more than five or six cities in Europe
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