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19. MILITARY POSTS.

List of Military Posts and Arsenals, and the Place

Fort Brady

Posts.

Fort Mackinac .

Fort Howard, Green Bay

Fort Dearborn .

Fort Gratiot

Fort Niagara
Madison Barracks
Hancock Barracks
Fort Sullivan
Fort Preble

Fort Constitution
Fort Independence
Fort Wolcott
Fort Trumbull
West Point
Fort Columbus

Fort Delaware
Fort McHenry
Fort Severn
Fort Washington
Fortress Monroe
Fort Johnston
Fort Moultrie

Fort Johnson
Oglethorpe Barracks
Fort Marion
Fort Snelling

Fort Crawford.

Fort Winnebago
Fort Armstrong

Cantonment Leavenworth

Jefferson Barracks

Cantonment Gibson

Cantonment Jesup

Cantonment Towson

Baton Rouge

Fort Wood

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There are seven Navy Yards in the United States, as follows.

No. 1. The Navy Yard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is situated on an island, on the east side of Piscataqua river, within the jurisdiction of Maine, contains fifty-eight acres, and cost 5,500 dollars.

No. 2. The Navy Yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, is situated on the north side of Charles river, on a point of land east of the town of Charlestown, contains thirty-four acres, exclusive of extensive flats, and cost 39,214 dollars, including commissions and charges.

No. 3. The Navy Yard at New York is situated on Long Island opposite to the city of New York, on the Wallabout Bay, contains forty acres, including the Mill Pond, and cost 40,000 dollars.

No. 4. The Navy Yard at Philadelphia is situated on the west side of the river Delaware, within the District of Southwark, adjoining the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, contains eleven acres, to low water mark, and cost 37,000 dollars.

No. 5. The Navy Yard at Washington, in the District of Columbia, is situated on the eastern branch of the river Potomac, contains thirty-seven acres, and cost 4,000 dollars.

No. 6. The Navy Yard at Gosport is situated on the south branch of Elizabeth river, adjoining the town of Portsmouth, in the state of Virginia, contains sixteen acres, and cost 12,000 dollars.

No. 7. The Navy Yard at Pensacola, in Florida.

22. MILITIA.

Table showing the aggregate Number of the Militia of the United States

in the Years

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23. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.

1. CANALS.

The following list, which was drawn up for the "Yeoman's Gazette," gives a summary view of the principal canals, now finished, in progress, or in immediate contemplation in the United States.

1. Middlesex Canal.-This has been finished and in operation for several years; its length is 29 miles; it has 136 feet lockage. It runs from Boston harbour to Chelmsford, in Massachusetts.

2. Blackstone Canal.-This has been in operation between one and two years. Its length is 45 miles, from Worcester, Massachusetts, to Providence, Rhode Island.

3. Farmington Canal.-This is unfinished. Length 37 miles, from Northampton, Mass., to New Haven, Connecticut.

4. Hudson and Erie Canal.-This is in operation. Length 360 miles, from Albany to Buffalo, N. York.

5. Champlain Canal.-Completed; length 63 miles, from Albany to White Hall.

6. Oswego Canal-Completed; length 38 miles, from Salina to Oswego, connecting the Hudson and Erie canal with Lake Ontario.

7. Seneca Canal.-Completed; its length 20 miles, connecting the Seneca and Cayuga lakes with Hudson and Erie canal.

8. Delaware and Hudson Canal.-Length 65 miles, from Delaware, in Orange county, to the Hudson, near Kingston.

9. Morris Canal.-This is in progress; its length 86 miles, from Easton to Newark, N. Jersey.

10. Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.-Completed; length 14 miles, from Delaware river to Chesapeake bay.

11. Port Deposite Canal.-Completed; length 10 miles, from Port Deposite, on the Susquehannah, to the Maryland line.

12. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.-This was begun on the 4th of July, 1828, when ground was broken by the President of the United States. Length 360 miles, from Georgetown, District of Columbia, to near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

13. Ohio State Canal.-Unfinished; length 306 miles, from Cleveland, on Lake Erie, to the Ohio, at the mouth of the Sciota.

14. Miami Canal.-Unfinished; length 265 miles, from Cincinnati to the Maumee, near the head of Lake Erie.

15. Lehigh Canal.-Unfinished; length 46 miles, from Stoddartsville, on the Lehigh, to Easton, on the Delaware.

16. Little Schuylkill Canal.-Its length 25 miles from the mouth of Little Schuylkill river fo the coal mines.

17. Conestogo Canal.-Length 18 miles, from Lancaster to the mouth of Conestogo creek.

18. Schuylkill Canal.-Finished; length 108 miles, from Philadelphia to Mount Carbon.

19. Union Canal.-Finished; length 79 miles, from Reading to Middletown.

20. Pennsylvania Canal.-In progress, it having been commenced at both extremities; length 296 miles, from Middletown to Pittsburg.

The three last mentioned canals form a line from Philadelphia to the Ohio, at Pittsburg, and may be considered parts of the same great enterprise.

21. Ohio and Erie Canal.-Its length 213 n Erie, on Lake Erie.

22. Delaware Canal.-This will run from Philad aware and Hudson Canal. It has already been beg

2. AMOUNT of MONEY expended in each STATE a UNITED STATES, upon WORKS of INTERNAL IN ADOPTION of the FEDERAL CONSTITUTION to t

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Continuation of the Cumberland Road
Repairs of the Cumberland Road

Road from Nashville to Natchez

Road from Wheeling to the Mississippi river
Road from Missouri to New Mexico

Road from Mississippi to the State of Ohio

Road from Georgia to New Orleans

Roads in Tennessee, Louisiana, and Georgia
Road from Nashville to New Orleans

Surveys of Roads and Canals

Surveys of Maps and Charts of the Ohio and Miss Improving the Navigation of the Ohio and Mississ Military Roads

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