. New dollar atlas of the United States and Dominion of Canada ... in 1SG8 Ijy a new one. In 1877 another new constitution was adopted. The process ofreconstruction was not completed until 1870. In that year the Georgia senators andrepresentatives were admitted to Congress, all the amendments having been previouslyratified, and colored men declared eligible to office by the State supreme court. I^OjndaHon—Census of 1880: Males, 762,981; Females, 779,199; Native,1,531,016; Foreign, 10,564; White, 816,906; Colored, 725,274, including 17 Chinese,and 124 Indians and Half-breeds. 50 STATE OF FLORID
. New dollar atlas of the United States and Dominion of Canada ... in 1SG8 Ijy a new one. In 1877 another new constitution was adopted. The process ofreconstruction was not completed until 1870. In that year the Georgia senators andrepresentatives were admitted to Congress, all the amendments having been previouslyratified, and colored men declared eligible to office by the State supreme court. I^OjndaHon—Census of 1880: Males, 762,981; Females, 779,199; Native,1,531,016; Foreign, 10,564; White, 816,906; Colored, 725,274, including 17 Chinese,and 124 Indians and Half-breeds. 50 STATE OF TojPOffvnjtli ff.—Flf)rida consists df a peninsula stretchingsoutli lor o-)(J miles, between tlie Atlantic and the Gulf of Mex-ico, and of a long, narrow strip of land running along the Gulf,to a distance of 340 miles from the Atlantic coast line. The])eninsula is about 100 miles in width, and contains nearly four-fifths of the total area, which is 58,fJ80 square miles, oroT,555,200 acres. On all sides but the north, the sea forms theboundary, and the State has 1,140 miles of coast line, but fewgood harbors. The Keys and Tortugas are a chain of smallcoral islands south and southwest of the point of the peninsula. The most importantof these is Key West, where a naval station has been established, and where there isa good harbor. The northern division of the State is generally flat and uninteresting;in the centre are many patches of higher ground, which are extremely fertile; andsouth of latitude 28° the everglades begin. Florida is well watered and has a numberof navigable rivers, t
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