Appletons' Hand-book of American Travel. The Southern Tour; being a guide through Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia ... With maps, etc

Front matter

HFTM MEPWE MdDTELp n' ■J^™^™^^^^^^^^ 5JV5fF^^mWoVrt--r *T1« ?frr , Ir.imn CUaT/ us -t» UNION ADAMS, HOSIER, GLOVER, AND SHIRT MAKER, No. 637 BROADWAY, New York City, Keeps continually on hand the largest and best variety, in tliis country, of FASHIONABLE FUENISHING GOODS, FOB LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND CHILDREN, Adapted to the Seasons. SPRING-, SUMMER, FALL, AND WINTER. Importing and manufacturing largely, we CAN and WILL offer superior inducements to every patron. UNION ADAMS, No. 637 BROADWAY, New York dtp. o HOME] §totftm« iimpig if §tew %m% OFFICE, NO. 135 BROADWAY CASH CAPITAL, $2,000,000 00 ASSETS, 1st January, 1866, 3,598,674 14 LIABILITIES, 153,746 24 The HOME INSURANCE COMPANY continues to Insure against LOSS or DAMAGE by FIRE and tbe DANGERS of INLAND NAVIGATION and TRANSPORTATION, on terms as favorable as tbe liatur . of tbe risks and tbe real security of tbo Insured and of tbe Company will warrant.

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Preface

. To meet the increased and steadily increasing demand for a reliable Tourists' Guide and Hand-Book of Travel in tbe United States and British Provinces, this work has been specially pre pared, and will hereafter be published annually on the 1st of May. Accuracy, conciseness, and above all a just discrimination of the relative importance of the several objects described, have been the chief aims of the compiler ; and it is confidently believed that the following pages embody a larger amount of desirable in formation for the traveller in this country, than can be found in any otber single work extant. While the original plan of the work has been preserved, numerous important additions have been made, not least of which are the copious, well-engraved maps, routes, and tables of distances. The difficulty attending the compilation of such a work as this is too well known to need more than passing mention here.

How far this difficulty has been increased by the numerous changes consequent upon the late war, and the rapid growth of our Western Ter ritories, the intelligent reader can well imagine. While the " Hand- Book " is mainly the result of the editor's own personal observation, he having visited every section of the Union during its preparation, it is also largely made up from the writings and experiences of i V

PREFACE.

. others, to whom the author returns his grateful acknowledgments. A list of the authorities quoted from will be found in its appropriate place. An analytical table of contents and a complete alphabet ical index are added, which exhibit at a glance the variety and character of the subjects referred to in the work, and greatly facil itate reference thereto. l¥iaiff B09BS, ST. LOUIS, FOURTH STREET, BETWEEN OLIVE AND LOCUST, I. B. GILDERSLEVE. q THE BANE OF OALIFOBMXA, S-A.IO" m-AJ-vTCISQO- Capital paid up - - - - $5,000,000 (gold). D. O. MILLS President. W. C. RALSTON Casliier. AGENTS: IN NEW YORK Messrs. LEES & WALLER. IN LONDON ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION. This Bank issues Letters of Credit, available for the purchase of Merchandise in the East Indies, China, Japan, Australia, and other countries, authorizing Bills on the Oriental Bank Corporation, London.

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