Contents: Albany, by W.W. Battershall; Saratoga, by Ellen H. Walworth; Schenectady, by Judson S. Landon; Newburgh, by Adelaide Skeel; Tarrytown, by H.W. Mabie; Brooklyn, by Harrington Putnam; New York, by J.B. Gilder; Buffalo, by Rowland B. Mahany; Pittsburgh, by S.H. Church; Philadelphia, by Talcott Williams; Princeton, by W.M. Sloane; Wilmington, by E.N. Vallandigham.
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Contents: Baltimore, By St. George L. Sioussat; Annapolis and Frederick, by Sara Andrew Shafer; Washington, by F.A. Vanderlip; Richmond, by William Wirt Henry; Williamsburg, by Lyon G. Tyler; Wilmington, N.C., by J.B. Cheshire; Charlestown, by Yates Snowden; Savannah, by Pleasant A. Stoval; St. Augustine, by G.R. Fairbanks; Mobile, by Peter J. Hamilton; Montgomery, by George Petrie; New Orleans, by Grace King; Vicksburg, by H.F. Simrall; Knoxville, by Joshua W. Caldwell; Nashville, by Gates P. Thruston; Louisville, by Lucien V. Rule; Little Rock, by George B. Rose.
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Historic Towns of the Western States