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 Government |
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Strana 13
... by the States of Virginia and Maryland , 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 .
... by the States of Virginia and Maryland , 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 .
Strana 14
“ There is but one entrance by sea into this country , and that is at the mouth of a very goodly bay , eighteen or twenty miles broad . The cape on the south is called Cape Henry , in honor of our most noble Prince .
“ There is but one entrance by sea into this country , and that is at the mouth of a very goodly bay , eighteen or twenty miles broad . The cape on the south is called Cape Henry , in honor of our most noble Prince .
Strana 16
... originally compact and , apparently , durable , and , as found in the neighborhood of Little Falls , some two miles above Georgetown , it is extensively quarried , and used in cellar and foundation walls , and other coarse work .
... originally compact and , apparently , durable , and , as found in the neighborhood of Little Falls , some two miles above Georgetown , it is extensively quarried , and used in cellar and foundation walls , and other coarse work .
Strana 17
... the salt water does not ascend nearer than forty or fifty miles . Georgetown , therefore , is at the junction , of the tertiary and primary rocks , and at the last fall of the river , before it plunges into positive tide - water .
... the salt water does not ascend nearer than forty or fifty miles . Georgetown , therefore , is at the junction , of the tertiary and primary rocks , and at the last fall of the river , before it plunges into positive tide - water .
Strana 20
... a winding course of about four hundred miles , discharges into Chesapeake Bay . The principal tributaries of the Potomac are the Shenandoah , the Monocacy , the Conococheague , and the Anacostia , or eastern branch of the Potomac .
... a winding course of about four hundred miles , discharges into Chesapeake Bay . The principal tributaries of the Potomac are the Shenandoah , the Monocacy , the Conococheague , and the Anacostia , or eastern branch of the Potomac .
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| Název | 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 Government Genealogy & local history |
| Redaktor | William D'Arcy Haley |
| Vydavatel | S. Low, 1861 |
| Zdroj originálu: | Univerzita v Gentu |
| Digitalizováno | 3. květen 2011 |
| Délka | Počet stran: 239 |
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