A complete descriptive and statistical gazetteer of the United States of America; containing a particular description of the states, territories, ... rivers, lakes, canals, and railroads - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848 Excerpt: ... cap. $147,700; 2 tanneries, 1 distillery, 8 grist m, 7 saw m, 1 printing office, 1 weekly newspaper. Cap. in manufac. $9,600. 4 acad. 148 students, 4 sch. 118 scholars. Pop. whites 2,923, slaves 1,936, free col'd62; total, 4,921. Hempstead, p-t, Queens co, N. Y, 170 s. by E. Albany, 21 New York, 25J W. The surface is level; soil, sand and sandy loam, productive when well cultivated. Between Hempstead and North Hempstead are Hempstead Plains, an immense heath of 15,000 acres, lying in a state of nature, and constituting a common pasturage for the t, on which several thousand cattle and sheep ore fed annually. It might be made fertile by cultivation. The v. is pleasantly situated on the s. margin of these plains, and contains 3 churches--1 Presbyterian, 1 Episcopal, and 1 Methodist--a seminary for males and females, an insurance company, 16 stores of various kinds, 1 tannery, 1 pnnting office, 2U0 dwellings, and about 1,400 inhabitants. Several islands belong to the t, and Rockaway beach, on the Atlantic, a place of great resort, where is a splendid hotel for visiters. There are in the t. 20 stores cap 838,250; 2 fulling in, 3 tanneries, 2 paper fac, 1 printing office, 1 weekly newspaper. 17 grist m, II saw m. Cap. in manufac. $6i,750. 1 acad 119 students, 24 sch. 1,279 scholars. Pop. 7,609! Hempstead Bay, Hempstead t, Queens co N. Y, is included between Long Beach and Long Island, and is 6 ms. long, and from 1 to 2 broad, abounding with shell and scale fish, and water fowl. Hempstead Harbor, p-v. North Hempstead t. Queens co, N. Y, 170 s. by E. Albany, 250 W. Situated at the heod of Hempstead harbor, oil the N. shore of Long Island. It contains 1 Methodist church, 3 stores, 1 grist m, 1 saw m, 1 paper m, 1 carding and fulling ra, 1 glass cutting fac, 45 dwe...

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