Early History Of Vermont Vol 2 Classic Reprint

Download or read book Early History of Vermont, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by La Fayette Wilbur and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Early History of Vermont, Vol. 2 IN the first volume Of this work but little was said about the physical state and natural scenery of Vermont in its early days. It will be well to devote the first chapter of the second volume to those and kindred features of the State. Its situation is between 42 degrees 44 minutes, and 45 degrees Of north latitude, and between 3 degrees 31 minutes, and 5 degrees and 24 minutes east longitude from Washington, and situated about eighty miles from any part of the ocean. The width of the State at its southern extremity is about forty miles, while the line of the northern end of the State, running from Connecticut River to Lake Champlain, is ninety miles long. The length of the State running the course of Connec ticut River, the western bank of which is the east ern boundary of the State, is about 215 miles. The northern line Of the State runs on a parallel Of 45 degrees north latitude, and was surveyed in 1772; the south line was surveyed in 1741. 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.