Excerpt from Historical Sketches of the Ten Miles Square Forming the District of Columbia: With a Picture of Washington, Describing Objects of General Interest or Curiosity at the Metropolis of the Union; Also, a Description of the River Potomac-Its Fish and Wild Fowl That great national work, the Chesa peake and Ohio Canal, has claimed particular attention, and a considerable number of pages has been devoted to give a full and satisfactory notice of an undertaking, in the successful proseou tion of which, an immense subscription of stock, and the hearts of all true Ameri cans are earnestly embarked. The original correspondence of Gen. Washington, for the first time in print, confers additional value on this volume. 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.