A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources (1860) (14777391202)

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Title: A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources ..
Year: 1860 (1860s)
Authors: (Sears, Robert), 1810-1892. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York, R. Sears
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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of New England, bothfor size, the rich and populous countrythrough which it passes, and the largemeadows which it annually overflowsand fertilizes. It rises in the elevatedregion between this state and Canada,in a pond called Lake Connecticut; andits eastern branch marks the boundarybetween the two countries, to a pointat the distance of one mile from theforty-fifth degree of north latitude. Thecourse of the river is nearly south, and,after separating New Hampshire andVermont, it flows on through Massachu-setts and Connecticut, and falls intoLong Island sound at Saybrook. Itis navigable in sloops to Hartford, insteamboats a few miles further, and inflat-bottomed boats through Massachu-setts to the middle of this state. Short canals, with locks, are formedround the falls at Enfield, Connecticut,and South Hadley, Massachusetts ; butthe Farmington canal, with its extensionto Northampton in the last-mentionedstate, takes off a portion of the trade to1 New Haven ; and much freight, as well
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28 DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. as most of the travellers, now pass moreswiftly along the banks of the streamover the railroads. Several importantroutes cross Connecticut river at differ-ent points ; but the principal one is therailroad route from Boston to Albany,through Springfield. Natural Curiosities.—The Notch,Flume, and several objects in the heartof the White mountains, may be termedcuriosities, and a remarkable rock inFranconia is noted as such. The pro-file, when viewed from a particularpoint, presents a considerable resem-blance to the human profile, whence ithas received the name of The Old Manof the Mountains. The peak rises aboutone thousand feet above the valley at itsbase. History.—The first settlements weremade as stated on page 42, at Dover andPortsmouth, in 1623; and the peoplevoluntarily united themselves to Massa-chusetts in 1641. But in 1679 the coun-try was constituted a separate colonyby Charles II. For many years thefrontier villages suffered