OF

VIRGINIA;

CONTAINING
A COLLECTION OF THE MOST INTERESTING FACTS, TRADITIONS,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, ANECDOTES, &c.

RELATING TO

ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES,

TOGETHER WITH

GEOGRAPHICAL AND STATISTICAL DESCRIPTIONS

TO WHICH IS APPENDED,
AN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH

OF THE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

ILLUSTRATED BY

OVER 100 ENGRAVINGS.

GIVING

VIEWS OF THE PRINCIPAL.TOWNS,-SEATS OF EMINENT MEN,-
PUBLIC BUILDINGS,-RELICS OF ANTIQUITY,-HISTORIC

LOCALITIES, NATURAL SCENERY, ETC., ETC.

· ENTERED, ACCORDING TO THE Act of Congress, IN THE YEAR 1845,

BY BABCOCK & CO. IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF

SOUTH CAROLINA.