Chapter I: Front Matter

A Book of the United States.

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Illustration: Hall of Representatives ... Washington.

Illustration: Bridge and Rapids near Falls of Niagara.

Illustration: (‡ U.S. Presidents)

A
BOOK OF THE UNITED STATES.

EXHIBITING ITS
GEOGRAPHY, DIVISIONS, CONSTITUTION, AND GOVERNMENT;

INSTITUTIONS, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS,
AGRICULTURE, FINE ARTS,
COMMERCE, ANTIQUITIES,
MANUFACTURES, LITERATURE,
RELIGION, MINERALOGY,
EDUCATION, BOTANY,
POPULATION, GEOLOGY,
NATURAL CURIOSITIES, NATURAL HISTORY,
RAILROADS, PRODUCTIONS,
CANALS, &c. &c. &c.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS,

AND PRESENTING
A VIEW OF THE REPUBLIC GENERALLY,
AND OF THE
INDIVIDUAL STATES;

Illustration: View on the Mississippi.

TOGETHER WITH A CONDENSED
HISTORY OF THE LAND,
FROM ITS FIRST DISCOVERY TO THE PRESENT TIME.

THE BIOGRAPHY
OF ABOUT TWO HUNDRED OF THE LEADING MEN:

A DESCRIPTION OF THE
PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS;
WITH
STATISTICAL TABLES,
RELATING TO THE RELIGION, COMMERCE, MANUFACTURES,
AND VARIOUS OTHER TOPICS.

EDITED BY
GRENVILLE MELLEN

WITH ENGRAVINGS OF CURIOSITIES, SCENERY, ANIMALS,
CITIES, TOWNS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, &c.

HARTFORD:
PUBLISHED BY A. C. GOODMAN & CO.
1852.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1839, by
GRENVILLE MELLEN,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.