Appletons' Hand-book of American Travel: Northern and Eastern Tour. Including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and the British Dominions ...D. Appleton and Company, 1873 - 294 páginas |
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Página 39 - October 1 1th, 1776. — Resolved : That General Washington be desired, if it be practicable, by every art, and at whatever expense, to obstruct effectually the navigation of the North River, between Fort Washington and Mount Constitution, as well to prevent the regress of the enemy's frigates lately gone up, as to hinder them from receiving succour.
Página 49 - ... for the instruction and practice of teachers of common schools in the science of education and in the art of teaching, to be located in the county of Albany.
Página 104 - For the use of a hackney coach or carriage, by the hour, with one or more passengers, with the privilege of going from place to place, and stopping as often as may be required, one dollar an hour.
Página 270 - House, in the southern part of the town^ is a gloomy-looking structure, near which is the residence of the military commandant. The admiral's residence, on the north side of the town, is a plain building of stone. The north and south barracks are capable of accommodating three regiments. The Wellington Barracks (in the northern part of the town), which comprises two long ranges of substantial stone and brick buildings, is the most extensive and costly establishment of the kind in America. The Roman...
Página 208 - ... above the level of the road, being yet far below the summit of the mountain. This strange apparition is formed of three distinct masses of rock, one making the forehead, another the nose and upper lip, and a third the chin. The rocks are brought into the proper relation to form the profile at one point only, namely, upon the road through the Notch, a quarter of a mile south of the Profile House. The face is boldly and clearly relieved against the sky, and, except in a little sentiment...
Página 87 - State is bounded on the north by New York, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and Hudson River, south by Delaware Bay, and west by Delaware River. It is 163 miles long, and from 40 to 70 miles wide.