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Title: Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878, editor Bunce, Oliver Bell, 1828-1890
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Publisher: New York, D. Appleton
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SCENE IN ST. AUGUSTINE.—THE DATE PALM, igo PICTURESQUE AMERICA. the system of Vauban. Half a mile to the north was a line, with a broad ditch andbastions- running from the Sebastian Creek to St. Marks River; a mile from that wasanother fortified line, with some redoubts, forming a second line of communication be-tween a staccata fort upon St. Sebastian River, and Fort Moosa, upon the St. MarksRiver. Within the first line, near the town, was a small settlement of Germans, whohad a church of their own. Upon the St. Marks River, within the second line, wasalso an Indian town, with a stone church built by the Indians themselves, and in verygood taste. These lines may be still distinctly traced. The churches spoken of, outside
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The City Gate. the city, as well as Forts Moosa and Staccata, have long since disappeared, but theirsites are known. During the English occupation, large buildings were erected for barracks, of suffi-cient extent to quarter five regiments of troops. The brick of which they were builtwas brought from New York, although the island opposite the city afforded a muchbetter building-material in the coquina stone. The lower story only of the British bar-racks was built of brick, the upper story being of wood. These barracks stood at thesouthern extremity of the town, to the south of the present barracks, and the lengthand great extent of the buildings fronting on the bay added greatly to the appearance ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA. 191 of the city as viewed from the harbor. The city, in Enghsh times, contained many gen-tlemen of distinction, among whom were Sir Charles Burdett, Chief-Justice Drayton, Rev.John Forbes, the Admiralty Judge, General James Grant, Lieutenant-Governor Moultrie,William St

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