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 .. . 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. Vess
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 .. . 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, academy, and ten houses of. Interior of Presbyterian Church, public worship. The exchange is a brick building of five stories. Thenew Presbyterian church is a very elegant and spacious edifice of stone. 42 28* 330 BOOK OF THE UNITED STATES. The city, a few years ago, was built almost wholly of wood, with veryfew elegant houses; but a large proportion of the houses recently erectedare handsomely built of brick. Population, seven thousand three hundredand three. Saybrooh, in Middlesex county, Connecticut, and the spot of the firstsettlement in the state, was founded in 1635. The ground was early laidout for a city, and it was supposed that it would become a place of com-mercial importance. Granite quarries near to navigable waters are foundin the vicinity. Population, five thousand and eighteen. Schenectady, a city in Schenectady county, New York, about sixteenmiles north-west of Albany, is regularly built, and a pleasant and flourish-ing place. The Erie canal passes through it, and communica
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