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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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safe and commodious, being pro-tected from the sea by Anastatia island.The town extends along its side, on apeninsula, elevated only twelve feetabove the level of the sea, and is of anoblong form, about a mile in length, butnot very compactly built. The shell-limestone which forms the coast is thebuilding material. It presents a veryattractive appearance from without, asorange-trees in abundance grow in theyards and gardens; but many of thesti-eets are crooked and narrow. Theclimate is as mild as that of southernEurope, and this city is therefore a re-sort of many invalids from the north.The sea-breezes by day, and the land-breezes by night, co-operate to keepthe temperature mild and uniform.Steamboats go to Savannah and Charles-ton. Population about 3,000. The square near the water is orna-mented with an obelisk of stone, erectedin the centre by the Spaniards, in thedays of the constitution. It is surround-ed by two churches, the courthouse,and a number of handsome privatebuildings.
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DESCaiPTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. 407 Fort Marion, at the mouth of theharbor, is intended for seventy guns andone thousand soldiers. The harbor of Pensacola receives thetwo rivers, Yellow Water and Escam-bia; Choctaw river falls into the bay ofthe same name; while the Appalachi-cola forms a delta, and the Suwaneeempties into Vacasausa bay, in latitude29 deg. 25 min. The St. Johns differsfrom all the other rivers in the Union,in taking its rise from low, flat grassyplains, which extend to about latitude 28deg. It then flows a little westward ofnorth, for a considerable distance paral-lel to the coast, and has the appearanceof a sound. The low and uniform character of thecoast of Florida renders it very danger-ous to navigation, especially on the east-ern side ; and the perils of the seamanare greatly increased by the numerousshoals and banks which line the south-ern coast. The Florida Keys are celebratedfor the numerous shipwrecks which haveoccurred upon them. They are now theresort

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