  CHAPTER III. PRAIRIES AND PLAINS. CHAPTER V. CATARACTS AND CASCADES. CHAPTER VII. SPRINGS. I. SALT SPRINGS. CHAPTER X. CAPES AND PENINSULAS. CHAPTER XI. BAYS, HARBORS, SOUNDS, AND GULFS. I. BAYS AND HARBORS. CHAPTER XVI. ANIMALS. I. QUADRUPEDS. CHAPTER XIX. NATURAL CURIOSITIES. CHAPTER I. POLITICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS. CHAPTER XI. AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES. 84 CHAPTER XIII. MANNERS AND AMUSEMENTS. CHAPTER XIV. PENITENTIARY SYSTEM. CHAPTER XVI. LITERATURE AND EDUCATION. CHAPTER XVIII. BANKING SYSTEM 97 CHAPTER XIX. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Transcriber’s Notes The cover image was provided by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. In Part II. the chapter sequence skips number XV. in both the Contents and body with no actual omission of text. Punctuation has been standardized. Most abbreviations have been expanded in tool-tips for screen-readers and may be seen by hovering the mouse over the abbreviation. This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated with a Transcriber’s Note. Four wide tables in the Appendix may not display completely in handheld devices using the epub or mobi formats. Footnotes are identified in the text with a superscript number and have been accumulated in a table at the end of the text. Transcriber’s Notes are used when making corrections to the text or to provide additional information for the modern reader. These notes have been accumulated in a table at the end of the book and are identified in the text by a dotted underline and may be seen in a tool-tip by hovering the mouse over the underline. Hall of Representatives ... Washington. Bridge and Rapids near Falls of Niagara. (‡ U.S. Presidents) A EXHIBITING ITS GEOGRAPHY, DIVISIONS, CONSTITUTION, AND GOVERNMENT;
AND PRESENTING A VIEW OF THE REPUBLIC GENERALLY, AND OF THE INDIVIDUAL STATES; View on the Mississippi. TOGETHER WITH A CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE LAND, FROM ITS FIRST DISCOVERY TO THE PRESENT TIME. THE BIOGRAPHY OF ABOUT TWO HUNDRED OF THE LEADING MEN: A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS; WITH STATISTICAL TABLES, RELATING TO THE RELIGION, COMMERCE, MANUFACTURES, AND VARIOUS OTHER TOPICS. EDITED BY GRENVILLE MELLEN WITH ENGRAVINGS OF CURIOSITIES, SCENERY, ANIMALS, CITIES, TOWNS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, &c. HARTFORD: PUBLISHED BY A. C. GOODMAN & CO. 1852. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1839, by GRENVILLE MELLEN, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. |
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