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... Potomac River Valley at Williamsport , on the Western Maryland Railroad ... 64 III . View of the Great Valley from ... Potomac . 148 IX . View of the Youghiogheny Valley in the Alleghany Mountains , on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 152 ...
... Potomac River Valley at Williamsport , on the Western Maryland Railroad ... 64 III . View of the Great Valley from ... Potomac . 148 IX . View of the Youghiogheny Valley in the Alleghany Mountains , on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 152 ...
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... Potomac river was ascended as far as the falls above Georgetown . The intervening portions of the country were also explored , and the map which Captain Smith prepared shows with remarkable correctness the outlines of the regions which ...
... Potomac river was ascended as far as the falls above Georgetown . The intervening portions of the country were also explored , and the map which Captain Smith prepared shows with remarkable correctness the outlines of the regions which ...
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... Potomac river was entered , the high bluffs of which are compared with those which were observed on the bay shore . Upon the second voyage which took place later in the summer of the same year the head of the Chesapeake Bay was visited ...
... Potomac river was entered , the high bluffs of which are compared with those which were observed on the bay shore . Upon the second voyage which took place later in the summer of the same year the head of the Chesapeake Bay was visited ...
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... Potomac marble . The same volume contains a letter to the editor from Dr. Hayden upon " Red Pyroxene Augite . " In 1820 Dr. Hayden published in Baltimore a most interesting volume , entitled " Geological Essays ; or an Inquiry into some ...
... Potomac marble . The same volume contains a letter to the editor from Dr. Hayden upon " Red Pyroxene Augite . " In 1820 Dr. Hayden published in Baltimore a most interesting volume , entitled " Geological Essays ; or an Inquiry into some ...
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... Potomac and Chesapeake through that region , and thence through the other subdivisions of the state , with as much expedition and despatch as may be consistent with minuteness and accuracy , and he shall prepare and lay before the ...
... Potomac and Chesapeake through that region , and thence through the other subdivisions of the state , with as much expedition and despatch as may be consistent with minuteness and accuracy , and he shall prepare and lay before the ...
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