 It is situated on a tongue of land formed by the confluence of the rivers Cooper and Ashley, which unite just below the city, and form a spacious and convenient harbor, communicating with the ocean below Sullivan's island, 7 miles from Charleston.  A compendium of ancient and modern geography - Seite 756von Aaron Arrowsmith - 1856 - 795 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Priscilla Wakefield - 1810 - 450 Seiten
...towns, but they have no particular claims.to description. Charleslownisthe capital of South Carolina. It is situated on a tongue of land, formed by the confluence fluencepf the rivers Ashley and Cooper. The most populous and commercial quarter of the city stands... | |
 | Samuel Leigh (publisher.) - 1820 - 782 Seiten
...of more recent date, having beeii built by uie celebrated luigo JOUCF. USK, 144 miles from London, is situated on a tongue of land formed by the confluence of the Olwy with the Usk. It is evidently a place of high antiqnity. The remains of the castle stand on an... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse, Sidney Edwards Morse - 1822 - 398 Seiten
...at Edisto island, 20 miles SW of Charleston. Chief Towns. Charleston, the largest town in the state, is situated on a tongue of land, formed by the confluence of the rivers Cooper and Ashley., 7 miles from the ocean. The harbour is barred by a sand bank across the mouth, which, however, at all... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1822 - 354 Seiten
...principal emporium, not only of South Carolina, but also of a considerable part of North Carolina. It is situated on a tongue of land formed by the confluence of Cooper and Ashley rivers, 7 miles from the ocean. It is regularly laid out, built, contains 17 houses... | |
 | Daniel Paterson - 1822 - 784 Seiten
...^ and the latter opinion is corroborated by other vestiges ín the vicinity. MONMOUTH w pleasantly situated on a tongue of land, formed by the confluence of the rivers Munnow and Wye, having over each a good atone bridge, beside« one over the little river Trothy, which... | |
 | Henry Charles Carey, J. Lea - 1823 - 532 Seiten
...the state, is situated on a peninaula between the 1 rivers Ashley and Cooper, which unite immediately below the city, and form a spacious and convenient harbour, communicating with the ocean at Sullivan's Island, seven miles south-east of the city. The harbour has a bar at its mouth,... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse, Richard Cary Morse - 1823 - 886 Seiten
...slaves. It is built on the tongue of land between the rivers Ashley and Cooper, which unite immediately below the city, and form a spacious and convenient harbour communicating with the ocean at Sullivan's island 7 m. SE of the city. The harbour has a bar at its mouth, through which are... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1830 - 636 Seiten
...1820, 24,780; 5323 free white males, 5330 free white females; 12,552 slaves, 1475 free people of color. It is situated on a tongue of land formed by the confluence...below the city, and form a spacious and convenient horlmr, communicating with the ocean below Sullivan's island, 7 miles from Charleston. At the mouth... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1830 - 634 Seiten
...1820,24,780; 5323 free white males, 5330 free white females ; 12,552 slaves, 1475 free people of color. It ia situated on a tongue of land formed by the confluence...below the city, and form a spacious and convenient harbor, communicating with the ocean below Sullivan's island, 7 miles from Charleston. At the mouth... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1830 - 632 Seiten
...5330 free white females; 12,552 slaves, 1475 free people of color. It is situated on a tongue of laud formed by the confluence of the rivers Cooper and...below the city, and form a spacious and convenient harbor, communicating with the ocean below Sullivan's island, 7 miles from Charleston. At the mouth... | |
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