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ADAMS, t Darke co. Ohio . Pop. 343.
ADAMS, co. in the western part of Illinois .Chief town, Quincy. Pop. 2,186.
ADAMS, t Hyde co. N. C. NE. 150 m.from Raleigh .
ADAMS, t. Washington co. Ohio , E. of Mus-kingum river. Pop. 1810, 620 ; in 1820, 324.
ADAMS, t. of Washington co. Ohio . Pop.in 1820, 174.
ADAMS, co. Ohio , having Brown W. High-land and Pike X. Sciota E. and the Ohio river
water; and from the mouth of the Cahawba tothe forks of the Coosa and Tallapoosa, 3 feetin the shallowest places. It is navigable forsloops to Fort Claiborne.
ALABASTER, or Eleuthera , one of the Ba hama islands, on the great Bahama bank. Theclimate is healthy. It produces pine-apples forexportation. There is a small fort and garri-son on the island. Long. 76° 22' to 76° 56' W.Lat. 24° 40' to 26° 30' N.
ALACHUA SAVANNAH, in E. Florida,5 m. W. from St. Augustine , 50 m. in circum.
S. This co. is about 20 ms. sq., area about ference, without a tree or bush, but is encircled400 sq. ms. the surface much broken, the soil with hills, covered with forests and orangein general fertile and well watered. Chief | gruves, on a very rich soil. The ancient Ala-town, West Union. Pop. in 1820, 10,432; in ■ chua Indian town stood on the borders of this
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ADAMS, co. Mis. bounded W. by the Mis-sissippi river, S. by Wilkinson co. E. by Frank-lin, and N. by Jefferson ; length 40 m., meanwidth about 15; area 600 sq. ms. The face ofthis co. is diversified by hill and dale. Fruits,
savannah ; but the Indians removed to Cusco-willa, two miles distant, on account of the un-healthiness of the former site.
ALACRANES , a long range of hiddenrocks, shoals, and banks, on the S. side of thegulf of Mexico , opposite the coast of Yucatan ,
peaches, some apples, and abundance of figs. 1 E. from Stone Bank, and W. from Cape St. An-Chief towns, Natchez and Washington. Pop. jtonio. N. lat. 23°, between 89° and 91° W.in 1820, 12,073, in 1830, 14,919. jlong. Navigators pass round them, though
ADAMSBURG, v. Westmoreland co. Pa . there are some good channels and soundings.145 m. W. from Harrisburg . | ALBANY , t. Oxford co. Maine , 18 m. NW.
ADAMSVILLE, v. Washington co. N. Y. from Paris. Pop. 288.
57 m. N. from Albany . | ALBANY , t. Orleans co. Vt. 40 m. NNE.
ADAMSVILLE, v. Marlborough district , S. 1 from Montpelier .
C. by post-road. 106 rn. NE. from Columbia. I ALBANY , co. N. Y. on Hudson r. Pep.
ADDISON, t. of Washington co. Maine , j 53,560. Chief town, Albany .
W. 16 m. from Machias. Pop. in 1820, 519 ; l ALBANY , city , Albany co. the capital ofin 1830, 741. | New York , and the second town in population,
ADDISON, co. Vermont , having lake Cham- wealth and commerce in the state, stands onplain W., Chittenden N., Washington and Or- the W. bank of the Hudson, 150 m. N. of Newange E., and Rutland S. Mean length 25 m. York , 165 W. of Boston , 230 S. of Montreal ,mean breadth 20; area about 500 sq. ms. and 376 from W. N. lat. 42 D 39'. E. long. 3°Though not mountainous, it is finely variega-, 17' from W. Most of the ancient Dutch build-ted by hill and dale. Otter river flows through j ings, which formerly gave it such a grotesquethis co. and by its numerous branches affords. aspect, have disappeared. It is now neatlymuch fine land and excellent mill seats. Chief and in some parts handsomely built. It con-towns, Vergennes and Middleburg. Pop. in \ tains 10 public buildings. The capital, built1820, 20,620 ; in 1830, 24,940. upon the upper portion of the city, has an ele-
ADDISON, t. Steuben co. N. Y. 15 m. S. vated position. It is 115 feet in length, andfrom Bath. Pop. 944. I 90 in breadth. The academy, directly north
ADELPHI, t. Ross co. Ohio , about 20 m. of it, is a spacious and showy building . The
NE. from Chillicothe, from W. 392 ms.
AGAWAM, r. Mass, which runs into thesea at Wareham.
AGAWAM, v. in the township of W Spring-field, Hampden co. Mass, near the entrance ofWestfield river into the Connecticut , 2 m. SW.from Springfield ; from W. 366 m.
AGAWAM, the name of Westfield rivertowards its mouth.
AHPMOOJEEXE-GAMOOK lake, Maine ,20 ms. N. from Moosehcad lake.
AIR, t Bedford co. Pa* Pop. 1,179.
AKANSAS, see page 155.
ALABAMA , state , see page 112.
ALABAMA , t. Monroe co. Alabama , on Al-abama river, 10 m. below Fort Jackson.
ALABAMA , r. in the state of Alabama , isformed by the union of the Coosa and Talla-poosa, and flowing SSW. unites with the Tom-bigbee to form Mobile river, 45 m. from thehead of Mobile Bay. From its mouth to themouth of the Cahawba , 210 m. it has 4 or 5 feet
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank and the Alba-ny Bank, at the bottom of State street, are ofwhite marble. The Museum is a handsomebuilding in South Market street. State street,in its whole length, is remarkably wide, andshows to great advantage. The number ofchurches is 16, of which 6 are of stone, 7 ofbrick, and 3 of wood. Three of them are veryhandsome, and others are spacious. CanalwharP and quay are of great length, and ex-hibit a striking show of business and bustle.Few cities present a more beautiful prospectthan Albany , when seen from the public square,or the summit of the capital. The city slopesfrom the public square to the river, like thesides of an amphitheatre. Two or three of itsnoble mansions embowered in trees, give it theappearance of having forests in its limits.Sloops and steamboats arrive here from New York in great numbers, and there is seldom aday in which three or four passages do not of-fer, in steamboats departing to and from New