Excerpt from A New Universal Gazetteer, or Geographical Dictionary: Containing Description of the Various Countries, Provinces, Cities, Towns, Seas, Lakes, Rivers, Mountains, Capes &C., In the Known World, With an Appendix In regard to our own country, the principal dependence in respect to what may be called permanent geography, has been on the various geographical works of the senior author; the'information in which has been gradually collected during a space of more than thirty years, partly by correspondence with gentlemen of the first intelli gence in the various States, and partly by consultation of standard works, as they have appeared from time to time. Much information has also been recently collected by correspondence, and extensive personal travels. The valuable works which have lately been pub lished on various parts of the country, have been systematically, and, it is believed, faithfully digested. A catalogue of the publications to which we are principally indebted, is annexed to this preface. Particular attention has been given to the accounts of Missionary Stations. The principal authorities 111 this department of the work are the Lohdon Missionary Register, the Missionmy Herald, publish ed 111 Boston, and the Reports of the several Missionary Societies. Most of the tables ln the Appendix, and the principal articles 1ela ting to the United States, were prepared by sidney E. Morse, A. M. In the tables on the Commerce and Resources of the United States, be derived much assistance from the Statistical works of Pitkin and Seybert; but the statements are generally exhibited in a new form, and are frequently the result of laborious 'calculations many of them, also, are brought down to the present time from other sources. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.