A Pictorial Description of the United States: embracing the history, geographical position, etc. of each state and territory in the Union ... New edition ... enlarged

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7IEW OT THE PARK AND CITY HALL, NEW-YORK A NEW AND ]P(D3PWILAm PICTORIAL DESCRIPTION or THE Unto states- New-York: PUBLISHED BY ROBERT SEAKS, 181 William Street, 1852. A PICTORIAL DESCRIPTION OP THE UNITED STATES; EMBRACING THE HISTORY, GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION, AGRICULTURAL AND MINERAL RESOURCES, POPULATION, MANUFACTURES, COMMERCE, AND SKETCHES OF CITIES, TOWNS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, &c, &c, OF EACH STATE AND TERRITORY IN THE UNION, INTERSPERSED WITH REVOLUTIONARY AND OTHER INTERESTING INCIDENTS, CONNECTED WITH THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTRY. SlUsftruttlt mitli llnmnnns fngntnittgs. BY ROBERT SEARS. NEW EDITION, REVISED AND 5ENLARGED. NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY ROBERT SEARS, 181 WILLIAM STREET. SOLD BY S. M. PETTENGILL fc Co., NO. 10, St..™ St««t BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. -GETZ & BUCK, 4 Hm'. B..ILD,!,,,, PHILADELPHIA.- BURGESS, TAYLOR. * CO., BALTIMORE.- NASH Ar WOODHOUSE, RICHMOND.- WM STRICKLAND MOBILE.— JOHN BALL, .»» J. C. MORGAN, NEW ORLEANS.— H. S. & J. APPLEGATE, ..ire R. E. EDWARDS CINCINNATI — ANDREW DAVIDSON, LOUISVILLE - EDWARDS & CO., .»» R. E. POST 4 CO., ST. LOUIS.- M. ALLEN, DETROIt5- EDWARD SEARS, ST. JOHN, N. B.-A . & W. MACkINLAJ, HALIFAX, N. S.-AYLOTT & JONES, P.THee.o.T..

Row, LON- DON (ENG.)-SOLD ALSO BY AUTHORIZED TRAVELLING AGENTS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN PROVINCES. 1852. Entered, according to Ac^Bs^uugf^s, in the year 1852, By ROBERT SEARS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Southern District of New York. C. A. ALVORD, r-2INTJT.lt, 29 Gold-st„ N. V. ro THE HONORABLE DAVID SEARS, AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT FOR HIS PUBLIC CHARACTER AND PRIVATE VIRTUES, THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE COMPILER.