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Secretary of War to change the location of the Railroad and bridge across Rock Island and the Mississippi river
adjudge it fair and equitable that the Government should build a bridge across the main channel of the river
in office—as I look out it is dark & cloudy with a chill rain, but the grass is green & I see the river
was so bad, I left, & went off & had a real good tramp, way up Georgetown, along the banks of the river—it
below there—and the beautiful curious liquid "In the distance the flowing glaze, the breast of the river
native thoughts looking through smutched faces , Iron-works, forge-fires in the mountains, or by the river
Resolution was approved authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to accept League Island on the Delaware River
communication of the 11th instant, relative to a tract of land remaining unappropriated upon the Mississippi River
wharves —the huge crossing at the ferries, The village on the highland, seen from afar at sunset—the river
To think that the rivers will flow, and the snow fall, and the fruits ripen, and act upon others as upon
that separates it from prose of any sort: Cold dash of waves at the ferry-wharf—posh and ice in the river
have a trip or two of that kind this fall I went a few weeks ago on a little sail up and down the river
Among other things I spend a portion of the day, with the pilots of the ferry boats, sailing on the river
The river & bay of New York & Brooklyn are always a great attraction to me. It is a lively scene.
At either tide, flood or ebb, the water is always rushing along as if in haste, & the river is often
I shall spend an hour or two on the river to-day. Your letter of 27th, Sunday, came this morning.
This great city, with all its crowds, & splendor, & Broadway fashion, & women, & amusements, & the river
He has been up the Hudson river this summer driving hotel coach. He is the same old Duffy.
I was out early taking a short walk by the river—only two squares from where I live.
From the window of my room, I can look down across the city, the river, and off miles upon miles in the
This forenoon I have been out away down along the banks of the river & cove, & making explorations generally
It is fine scenery around Washington—plenty of hills, and a noble river.