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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... height and continuance of the tides , and periodical freshets swell the volume of water . The Potomac is navigable as far as Greenleaf's Point , for the largest class of vessels , as is evidenced by the approach of the British squadron ...
... height and continuance of the tides , and periodical freshets swell the volume of water . The Potomac is navigable as far as Greenleaf's Point , for the largest class of vessels , as is evidenced by the approach of the British squadron ...
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... heights of Georgetown , and which may be seen in section on the canal , near Georgetown College . It may be mentioned , with regard to these rocks , that Prof. Hitchcock , when on a visit a few years since to the Great Falls of the ...
... heights of Georgetown , and which may be seen in section on the canal , near Georgetown College . It may be mentioned , with regard to these rocks , that Prof. Hitchcock , when on a visit a few years since to the Great Falls of the ...
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... Heights , may be ob- served some fine examples of oaks , which are preserved with commendable care . A few groves of the yellow pine are still standing among the hills , a few miles north of the city , whilst near the river margin may ...
... Heights , may be ob- served some fine examples of oaks , which are preserved with commendable care . A few groves of the yellow pine are still standing among the hills , a few miles north of the city , whilst near the river margin may ...
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... heights of Bladens- burgh to meet them . Our forces were placed under the command of General Winder , and consisted mainly of raw militia ordered out for the occasion . Captain Barney , with four hundred seamen and some field pieces ...
... heights of Bladens- burgh to meet them . Our forces were placed under the command of General Winder , and consisted mainly of raw militia ordered out for the occasion . Captain Barney , with four hundred seamen and some field pieces ...
Strana 72
... height of twenty - two feet . Inadequate as the building is now con- fessed to be for the accommodation of the chief magistrate of the nation , there was a time when it was deemed quite too extensive and grand , as is evident by the ...
... height of twenty - two feet . Inadequate as the building is now con- fessed to be for the accommodation of the chief magistrate of the nation , there was a time when it was deemed quite too extensive and grand , as is evident by the ...
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