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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. 1811 Excerpt: ...state, is the seat of government; there are many other flourishing towns: the rivers are numerous, as the Santee, formed by the junction of the Wateree and Congaree; the Pedes, Edisto, Pacolet, &c. &c. . North Carolina? A. This state is divided from Virginia.on the riorth, by a line which runs due east and west, from the Atlantic to the Yellow mountain, a branch of the Alleghany; where it is bounded west by Tennessee, formerly a part of this state. South Carolina forms the southern boundary, and the Atlantic the eastern. It is between 34 and 37 degrees north latitude, between 1 and 7 degrees W. of Philadelphia. It is divided into fifty-eight counties. Campcien, Currituck, Craven, -Carteret, Chatham, Caswell, Chowan, Martin, Meclenburg, Wayne, Warrenj Orange, Wilkes, Sampson, Cabarrus, Berlie, Beaufcr;, Brunswick, Burke, Bladen, Duplin, Edgcombe, Tyrell, Onslow, Franklin j Nash, Montgomery, Moore, Pasquotank, Anson, Gates, Glasgow, Grenville, Guilford, Lenoir, Northampton, Pitt, Iredell, Surry, Stokes, Lincoln, Perquimonsj Hertford, Hanover, Hyde, .Halifax, Jones, Johnston, Randolph. Kowan, Rockingham, Richmond, Rutherford, Robeson, Wake, &.c. Sec, The rivers are numerous, the Chowan, Roanoke, Dan, Pamtico, Yadkin, Catabaw, &c. &c. Raleigh is the seat of government, but it is a new, though an encreasing establishment. The other towns are Newbern, Edcnton, Wilmington, Halifax, Fayetteville, Greenville, &c. The extent of the state may be about 400 miles east and west, by 150 broad. The country 50 miles from the sea is flat and barren, but is principally occupied by its native woods. There are some swamps, particularly that called the great dismal swamp, which covers 400 square miles, and contains in it the Pamtico lake often by six ...
