A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources .. . t once each winning grace express,A life where love and tjnth were ever joined,A nature ever good and ever kind,A uisdom solid and a judgment smile indulgent, and a soul Sears was the proprietor of a large estate inWaldo county, in Maine, the settlers and tenantry ofwhich honored and revered him, and as they becameproprietors of the soil testified their gratitude for jhis patriarchal treatment by naming their towns inhis honor. He was generou
A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources .. . t once each winning grace express,A life where love and tjnth were ever joined,A nature ever good and ever kind,A uisdom solid and a judgment smile indulgent, and a soul Sears was the proprietor of a large estate inWaldo county, in Maine, the settlers and tenantry ofwhich honored and revered him, and as they becameproprietors of the soil testified their gratitude for jhis patriarchal treatment by naming their towns inhis honor. He was generous and charitable—thefounder of the widows fund in Trinity church—anda contributor to numerous charities. He died infront of his house in Beacon-street, struck instantlydead by a stroke of apoplexy, as he was getting intohis carriage to make an afternoon visit, on the 19thof October, 1816. By this affecting event, this town[Boston] has lost an eminent merchant and excellentcitizen; an only child, an affectionate parent; thischurch [Trinity], a distinguished benefactor; societyat large, a well bred and hospitable This state, the smallest in theUnion, is bounded on the northand east by Massachusetts, southby the Atlantic ocean, and west byConnecticut. It is about forty-nine miles long and twenty-ninewide, and contains one thousandthree hundred and sixty squaremiles, of which one hundred andthirty are embraced in Narragan-set bay. The population in 1850was 147,654. The northern portion of thestate is hilly, and that near thecoast is low and level, but healthy, being tempered by the Seabreeze. There areseveral islands in and near Narraganset bay, the principal of which, RhodeIsland (called after the isle of Rhodes in the Mediterranean), has given name tothe state. There are several rivers of great value for manufacturing, which is carried onin various branches, but chiefly in cotton, to the great benefit of the state. Theprincipal rivers are as follows : Pawtucket, P
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