Philp's Washington Described: A Complete View of the American Capital, and the District of Columbia, with Many Notices, Historical, Topographical, and Scientific, of the Seat of GovernmentWilliam D'Arcy Haley S. Low, 1861 - Počet stran: 239 |
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Strana 13
... Virginia and Mary- land , contained ten miles square , or one hundred square miles ; but when , in 1846 , Alexandria was retroceded to Virginia , the area of the District was reduced to about sixty square miles . The Capitol lies in 38 ...
... Virginia and Mary- land , contained ten miles square , or one hundred square miles ; but when , in 1846 , Alexandria was retroceded to Virginia , the area of the District was reduced to about sixty square miles . The Capitol lies in 38 ...
Strana 16
... VIRGINIA these ultimate- ly thrown into a confused mass . Such is the char- acter of the ground on En- DISTRICT OF COLUMBY WASHINGTON INCE POTOM RIVER glish Hill , on East Branch , just below the Navy Yard , about the brick kilns ...
... VIRGINIA these ultimate- ly thrown into a confused mass . Such is the char- acter of the ground on En- DISTRICT OF COLUMBY WASHINGTON INCE POTOM RIVER glish Hill , on East Branch , just below the Navy Yard , about the brick kilns ...
Strana 23
... Virginia , Maryland , Pennsylvania , Delaware , and New Jersey . The woodchuck ( Arctomys monax ) belongs to the same family with the squirrel . Of other families of rodents , the jumping mouse , Jac- ulus Hudsonius , finds here nearly ...
... Virginia , Maryland , Pennsylvania , Delaware , and New Jersey . The woodchuck ( Arctomys monax ) belongs to the same family with the squirrel . Of other families of rodents , the jumping mouse , Jac- ulus Hudsonius , finds here nearly ...
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... Virginia red - bird ( Cardinalis Virginianus ) , so well known and justly celebrated both for the beauty of his plumage , and the richness and melody of his pleasing song . There are also extensive meadows to be found in every direction ...
... Virginia red - bird ( Cardinalis Virginianus ) , so well known and justly celebrated both for the beauty of his plumage , and the richness and melody of his pleasing song . There are also extensive meadows to be found in every direction ...
Strana 32
... Virginia , both of which belong to what is commonly called by entomologists the region of the Middle States . Those species only of this region which are peculiar to mountains or to the sea- shore are naturally wanting in the District ...
... Virginia , both of which belong to what is commonly called by entomologists the region of the Middle States . Those species only of this region which are peculiar to mountains or to the sea- shore are naturally wanting in the District ...
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