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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PREFACE
- MAP of the NORTH-EASTERN Parts of the UNITED STATES
- 1 PORTRAIT of Mr. Bartlett, to Face the Vignette, Ascent to the Capitol, Washington
- 2 Niagara Falls, from the Ferry
- 3 View from West Point
- 4 Trenton Falls, View down the Ravine
- 5 View from Mount Holyoke
- 6 The Outlet of Niagara River
- 7 The Palisades, Hudson River
- 8 The Rapids above the Falls of Niagara
- 9 Saratoga Lake
- 10 The Colonnade of Congress Hall, Saratoga Springs
- 11 Albany
- 12 Crow's Nest, from Bull Hill, West Point
- 13 View below Table Rock
- 14 Lake Winipiseogee
- 15 The Tomb of Kosciusko
- 16 The Horseshoe Fall at Niagara, with the Tower
- 17 The Narrows, at Staten Island
- 18 View of the Capitol at Washington
- 19 View of the Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga
- 20 View from Fort Putnam
- 21 View of State Street, Boston
- 22 Niagara Falls, from Clifton House
- 23 View from Hyde Park
- 24 Village of Sing-Sing
- 25 View from Ruggle's House, Newburgh
- 26 Descent into the Valley of Wyoming
- 27 Boston, from Dorchester Heights
- 28 View of Faneuil Hall, Boston
- 29 New York Bay, from the Telegraph Station
- 30 Peekskill Landing
- 31 Light House, near Caldwell Landing
- 32 Harper's Ferry, from the Potomac side
- 33 Caldwell, Lake George
- 34 Centre Harbour, Lake Winipiseogee
- 35 Yale College, at New Haven
- 36 Willey House
- 37 Battle Monument, Baltimore
- 38 Forest Scene on Lake Ontario
- 39 Viaduct on the Baltimore and Washington Railroad
- 40 The Indian Falls near Coldspring
- 41 Columbia Bridge, on the Susquehanna
- 42 The Genessee Falls, Rochester
- 43 The Ferry at Brooklyn, New York
- 44 Rail-road Scene, Little Falls
- 45 Utica
- 46 The Landing, on the American side, Falls of Niagara
- 47 View From Mount Washington
- 48 Mount Washington, and the White Hills
- 49 The Park and City Hall, New York
- 50 The Two Lakes, and the Mountain House on the Catskills
- 51 Trenton High Falls
- 52 The Valley of the Shenandoah, from Jefferson's Rock
- 53 Lockport, Erie Canal
- 54 The Tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon
- 55 Black Mountain, Lake George
- 56 Valley of the Connecticut, from Mount Holyoke
- 57 View on the Erie Canal, near little Falls
- 58 Hudson Highlands, from Bull Hill
- 59 Villa on the Hudson, near Weehawken
- 60 View of Meredith, New Hampshire
- 61 Ballston Springs
- 62 The Narrows, from Fort Hamilton
- 63 The Notch House, White Mountains
- 64 Wilkesbarre, Vale of Wyoming
- 65 Squawm Lake, New Hampshire
- 66 Sabbath-Day Point, Lake George
- Plate section
39 - Viaduct on the Baltimore and Washington Railroad
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PREFACE
- MAP of the NORTH-EASTERN Parts of the UNITED STATES
- 1 PORTRAIT of Mr. Bartlett, to Face the Vignette, Ascent to the Capitol, Washington
- 2 Niagara Falls, from the Ferry
- 3 View from West Point
- 4 Trenton Falls, View down the Ravine
- 5 View from Mount Holyoke
- 6 The Outlet of Niagara River
- 7 The Palisades, Hudson River
- 8 The Rapids above the Falls of Niagara
- 9 Saratoga Lake
- 10 The Colonnade of Congress Hall, Saratoga Springs
- 11 Albany
- 12 Crow's Nest, from Bull Hill, West Point
- 13 View below Table Rock
- 14 Lake Winipiseogee
- 15 The Tomb of Kosciusko
- 16 The Horseshoe Fall at Niagara, with the Tower
- 17 The Narrows, at Staten Island
- 18 View of the Capitol at Washington
- 19 View of the Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga
- 20 View from Fort Putnam
- 21 View of State Street, Boston
- 22 Niagara Falls, from Clifton House
- 23 View from Hyde Park
- 24 Village of Sing-Sing
- 25 View from Ruggle's House, Newburgh
- 26 Descent into the Valley of Wyoming
- 27 Boston, from Dorchester Heights
- 28 View of Faneuil Hall, Boston
- 29 New York Bay, from the Telegraph Station
- 30 Peekskill Landing
- 31 Light House, near Caldwell Landing
- 32 Harper's Ferry, from the Potomac side
- 33 Caldwell, Lake George
- 34 Centre Harbour, Lake Winipiseogee
- 35 Yale College, at New Haven
- 36 Willey House
- 37 Battle Monument, Baltimore
- 38 Forest Scene on Lake Ontario
- 39 Viaduct on the Baltimore and Washington Railroad
- 40 The Indian Falls near Coldspring
- 41 Columbia Bridge, on the Susquehanna
- 42 The Genessee Falls, Rochester
- 43 The Ferry at Brooklyn, New York
- 44 Rail-road Scene, Little Falls
- 45 Utica
- 46 The Landing, on the American side, Falls of Niagara
- 47 View From Mount Washington
- 48 Mount Washington, and the White Hills
- 49 The Park and City Hall, New York
- 50 The Two Lakes, and the Mountain House on the Catskills
- 51 Trenton High Falls
- 52 The Valley of the Shenandoah, from Jefferson's Rock
- 53 Lockport, Erie Canal
- 54 The Tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon
- 55 Black Mountain, Lake George
- 56 Valley of the Connecticut, from Mount Holyoke
- 57 View on the Erie Canal, near little Falls
- 58 Hudson Highlands, from Bull Hill
- 59 Villa on the Hudson, near Weehawken
- 60 View of Meredith, New Hampshire
- 61 Ballston Springs
- 62 The Narrows, from Fort Hamilton
- 63 The Notch House, White Mountains
- 64 Wilkesbarre, Vale of Wyoming
- 65 Squawm Lake, New Hampshire
- 66 Sabbath-Day Point, Lake George
- Plate section
Summary
The Patuxent, which is leaped over so lightly at this place by the arches of the Viaduct, becomes, ere long, a stream which is not only respectable in size, but most respectable in story. It will ever be associated with the name and fame of the gallant Barney, who, though his exertions could not prevent ultimate defeat, did much to sustain his country's honour, and has made his own imperishable.
While the British squadron was blockading the eastern coast during the summer of 1814, Commodore Barney sailed from Baltimore in command of a flotilla consisting of a cutter, two gun-boats, a galley, and nine large barges, for the protection of the inlets and harbours in the several parts of the bay. On the 1st of June, being at the mouth of the Patuxent, he discovered two schooners, one of which carried eighteen guns; and immediately gave chase. The schooners were joined, however, by a large ship, which despatched a number of barges to their assistance; and the commodore sailed up the Patuxent to avoid being cut off from the Potomac. The schooners and barges following him, he engaged and drove them back, and then anchored within three miles of the seventy-four. In the course of a few days, the enemy was reinforced by a rasee and a sloop of war; and joining the barges of these vessels, they followed the flotilla into St. Leonard's Creek, across which Commodore Barney formed his boats in line of battle.
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- American SceneryOr, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature, pp. 82 - 84Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009