Feinberg/Whitman Notes and Notebooks Notes--Literary Undated The States and (DCN 135) Box 40 Folder 32 Their Resources [*#839*] THE STATES AND THEIR RESOURCES; notes. A.MSS. written mostly on versos of blank forms of the Office of the Tax Collector of the City of Williamsburgh. (29p. 21 1/2 x 12 cm. largest) Individual states listed by Whitman on separate slips of paper; each contains comments on the name, resources, population, geography, etc. For instance: "The Empire State: Put this name instead of New York ---- River: The Hudson ---- the wild-fowl and fish of Pammanok ---- Manahatta Bay ---- The falls of Niagara ---- The Sea-side State (New Jersey) --- fruit, vegetables, Passaic-fisheries ---- Pennsylvania -- The Keystone State ---- Georgia -- Cotton and rice ---- Delaware --- The Cypress Swamp ---- Kentucky --- the rich garden in the center ----- North Carolina --- The great dismal swamp", etc., etc. {135}How would it do to change the names of New Jersey, Rhode Island, New Hampshire? The State of Narragansett Bay the sea air, the cool summer, [uniform climate] commerce extensive -- the cotton, woolen, iron & lace manufactures-- Connecticut large manufactures of clocks, cotton goods, and gutta=percha, shad fishery (of Connecticut river is quite large Middle States} New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, & Maryland Alleghany Mts Cattskills Valley of the Mohawk Great lakes & small lakes, Susquehannah river animals- bear, wolf, moose, (in the north,) Minerals- iron, coal, & marble -- Wheat -- apples, peaches, pears & grapes "The vast and numerous mines -- the exhaustless stores of iron and coal."The Empire State (put this name instead of New York) The population, Wealth & commerce Mts the Mohegan Mts (also the Katskills) River -- the Hudson "the wild-fowl and fish of Paumanok" "Mannahatta Bay." The falls of Niagara, the broad stream [of the river] inland seals pouring over the ledge, and [falls down a] striking a hundred and sixty feet below, The amplitude, [and] ease, and perfect proportion of the scenery -- The railroad -- The Mannahatta (that's it the Mannahatta) -- the mast=hemmed -- the egg in the nest of the beautiful bays -- [the] my city -- ma femme -- O never forgotten by meMaine Fish -- codfish herring mackarel salmon lumber - white pine red oak Hemlock spruce beech maple ash limestone (burned for lime plentiful staples [lumber] -- boards, staves, wood, fish, beef, lime, ice Shipping (Is a great ship=building state -- the first in the union -- builds one third of all the U.S. ship building Lumbering -- (Merri mac state) New Hampshire "granite state" the white pine sometimes 200 ft high, and 6 ft in diameter Granite is found in all parts of the state apples, pears, plums, cherries cotton factories [India] maize, wheat, rye, cattle,Vermont -- mainly grazing springs and brooks are numerous wool is a staple=product maple sugar is "numerous" Massachusetts Massachusetts Bay -- historical -- Commerce "The commerce of Massachu:, the factories, the perfect cultivation of the land -- the [inventions] schools, the benevolent institutions, the curious inventions [The] Massachusetts aesthetic ennuyeed with always concealed fires unpersuadable, [the] unmasterable, the originalness of The States, [are a] a divine title, well=deserved,Empire State the 12,000 public [sho] schools -- Salt, 6,000,000 bushels annually in Onondaga Salt Springs The great railroads and canals -- the [hundreds] Mannahatta -- the population and wealth -- -- the superb scenery -- the interior lakes --The Sea-side State, (New Jersey) fruit, vegetables --[Passaic] the falls of the Passaic -- fisheries Pennsylvania -- -- valley of the Sus -- the Susquehannah river -Alleghany Mts -- in the forests the wild catalpa and the laurel=tree -- Staples -- wheat & maize the great mines of iron & coal "the Keystone State"Southern states Animals the alligator, [the] rattlesnake, & moccasin=snake -- the Humming birds, the turkey= buzzard the yellow=pine (producing pitch tar & turpentine " live oak (magnolia ' cypress (orange " graceful palmetto, lemon fig " scented bay tree Staples -- cotton, sugar, rice, & tobacco -- fruits -- oranges lemons & figs -- the sweet potato and the yam Rivers Roanoke length 500 miles Savannah 600 Altamaha 500 Alabama 500 the sluggish rivers, flowing over the land, or through swamps warm land, -- Sunny land, the fiery land, the rich= blooded land, [hot] quick=nettled land, my land -- land of impulse and of love- the sugar=maple-in western Virginia the [territory] plantation area -- The three millions of square miles -- the diverse spread The valley of the Mississippi --the [Atlantis slope] slope [of] to the Eastern Sea -- that to the Western Sea -- that to the great [South] Gulf.Georgia Cotton and rise.-(staples) the olive, the orange, indigo, [cotton] (in the woods) oak, pine, hickory, cedar (animals) deer, wild turkey, (the alligator) Bankable money only received. h Streets. burgh, Dr, on the following Lot County. Default. Total. [*8*]The luxuriant forests charged with mislets- the odor, density, gloom, the awful natural stillnessBankable money uth 2d and Fourth Streets. M., till 2 P.M. Williamsburgh, on the follo City. County. Defaul[*?Song*] Dear to me the [Always the South the] sunny land, sweet land, the silvery land my land, the fiery [wild generous] land quick=mettled land, luscious and generous land, rich=blooded land, land of impulse and of love10The [Red River and] Rio Grande with its tributaries, the Colorado [and] with its, [tributaries and] and the Brasas and Sabine with theirs.The thirteen thousand towns, cities,, and villages 13,(000) 30,000,(000/ 2300 26 40 39 112 Principal products Delaware- wheat (The wheat of Delaware and Maryland13The [marvelous] maize fields of the earth-the tall, graceful long= leafed maize - slender, bright=green - with tassels- with beautiful ears, each folded in its husks - the beautiful maize!14An entire new system, theory, & practice of Education, vis: to do that which will teach to think- every one for himself-giving fact, data The honey and beeswax of Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee, The rice of South Carolina [and Georgia] - the wool of Ohio and of the Empire State, --The tobacco of Virginia and Maryland The cotton of Alabama [Georgia Mississippi, Georgia, [South Carolina] South Carolina and Texas,--- The sugar of Louisiana15Delaware -The Cypress Swamp- staple-wheat (flour) Maryland -river the [Potomac] Patuseent (100 miles Bay-the Chesapeake Bay -the western portion of Maryland, 2000 feet above the sea, forms [t] an elevated table land--the other portion is lower warmer, & moister -manufacturers of cotton, woolen glass, paper - & copper and iron rolling millsPlease preserve this bill. Bankable money only received. Collector's Office, City Hall, corner of South 2d and Fourth Streets. Hours for Receiving Taxes from 9 A.M., till 2 P.M. M____________ To City of Williamsburgh, Dr, To City and County Tax for the Year 185 [*8*] on the following Lot Ward. Assessed No. Location. Valuation. City. County. Default. Total.Florida Rivers Apalachicola- (flows S into G of M the shrimp- "the transparent lakes"- the Okeechobee the everglades "the Wakulla Fountain, bubbly up pure & cold trees the palm, the live=oak, the papaw, the titi with blossoms the parrots in the woods the hummock land the yellow pine live-oak of Florida [the]Please preserve this bill. Bankable money only received. Collector's Office, City Hall, corner of South 2d and Fourth Streets. Hours for Receiving Taxes from 9 A.M., till 2 P.M. M___________ To City of Williamsburgh, Dr, To City and County Tax for the year 185 on the following Lot Ward. Assessed No. Location. [*18*] Valuation. City. County. Default. Total.Mississippi Staple-cotton Louisiana sugar=cane -the coast-the levee of the [city] Crescent City Texas cotton, sugar, [corn] maize, wheat & wool Rivers- the Sabine- nav 300 miles -the Colorado- the Brazos -the rich soil and pleasant climate -the herds of buffaloes and wild horses on the prairiesPlease preserve this bill. Bankable money only received. Collector's Office, City Hall, corner of South 2d and Fourth Streets. Hours for Receiving Taxes from 9 A.M., till 2 P.M. M__________ To City of Williamsburgh, Dr, To City and County Tax for the Year 185 on the following Lot Ward. Assessed No. Location. [*19*] Valuation. City. County. Default. Total. Tennesse The cattle and wool of Tennessee -Tobacco is a leading article "Old Tennesse"- T is the oldest of the Western States -settled first 1754 In Kentucky salt=works (quite extensive) Kentucky-the rich garden in the centre-Please preserve this bill. Collector's Office, City Hall, corner of South 2d Hours for Receiving Taxes from 9 A.M., M___________ To City of W To City and County Tax for the Year 185 Ward. Assessed No. [*?30?*] Location. Valuation.silvery land, sweet land, - [gen] wild, generous land -land of luscious fruits-Bankable money only received. ourth Streets. msburgh, Dr, [*?31?*] on the following Lot County. Default. Total.N. Carolina The Great Dismal Swamp northeast part of N. Carolina, extends into Virginia- 10 + 30 miles full of pine, juniper & cypress trees, with white & red oak in the drier parts Lumbering is carried on to a great extent- the yellow pine, so esteemed for its beauty and durability (it is what I see for spars &c, in the spar= yards- the new cutting with axes and adzeNorth Carolina The coast -[its] with rude sea=headlands -The gold mines -The valuable forests [Mts] The [peaks of] mountains [peaks], the Bald Peak, the Smoky Peak, and the Pilot Peak Pamlico sound- (it must be something like the L.I. South Bay) It communicates with the sea to inlets- Okracoke inlet is the principal one The forests of pitch pine (the tar, turpentine & lumber of their tree make one half the exports of the state) Soil-generally sandyPlease preserve this bill. Bankable money only received. Collector's Office, City Hall, corner of South 2d and Fourth Streets. Hours for Receiving Taxes from 9 A.M., till 2 P.M. M________ To City of Williamsburgh, Dr, To City and County Tax for the Year 185 on the following Lot Ward. Assessed No. Location. Valuation. [*33*] City. County. Default. Total.model North Carolina with rude sea-headlands- NPlease preserve this bill. Co M__________ To City and Coun Ward. Assessed No. [*34*]Georgia -Rivers The Savannah, (its [north] Eastern boundary) -the rafts on the rivers -the island-studded coast -Nicojack Cave, with the huge mouth and the flat floor laned by water, and the high roof of limestone -the pine -barrens Alabama Rivers the [Mobile] CoosaTombigbee Staple-CottonPlease preserve this bill. Bankable money only received. Collector's Office, City Hall, corner of South 2d and Fourth Streets. Hours for Receiving Taxes from 9 A.M., till 2 P.M. M____________ To City of Williamsburgh, Dr, To City and County Tax for the Year 185 [*25*] on the following Lot Ward. Assessed No. Location. Valuation. City. County. Default. Total.Virginia The subterranean caves- the sulphur springs, with their medicinal waters Animals-deer, opossum, raccoon -the mocking bird, and the wild turkey Minerals [limestone and] iron, coal, & limestone The [cap] Capitol on Shockoe hill (Richmond Va, a picturesque, commanding hill, & the building looks down, as it were, over the town and upon James river) -[the]Please preserve this bill. Bankable money only received. Collector's Office, City Hall, corner of South 2d and Fourth Streets. Hours for Receiving Taxes from 9 A.M., till 2 P.M. M_________ To City of Williamsburgh, Dr, To City and County Tax for the Year 185 on the following Lot Ward. Assessed No. Location. [*26*] Valuation. City. County. Default. Total.Virginia Salt- (3,000,000 bushels made) annually -The Blue Mountains (260 miles long) -Otter Peaks-4260 ft high River- the Potomac- 500 miles the Great Kanawha -The wild passage of the [P] The river Potomack- the wild passage through the mountains-the water dashed from rock to rock The [rock bridge] great chasm spanned by natural rock, sixty feet across- the stream flowing underPlease preserve this bill. Bankable money only received. Collector's Office, City Hall, corner of South 2d and Fourth Streets. Hours for Receiving Taxes from 9 A.M., till 2 P.M. M__________ To City of Williamsburgh, Dr, To City and County Tax for the Year 185 [*27*] on the following Lot Ward. Assessed No. Location. Valuation. City. County. Default. Total.South Carolina -Rivers- the Great Pedee -the Santee the Edisto Trees -the Palmetto- 40 feet high (the "cabbage Palm) -the laurel, with large white blossoms cotton ruce- hemp, indigo -the [sand wavy] sand hills of the middle country, like agitated waves- the pleasant table=lands beyondArkansas Rivers-the white river the Arkansas river, 1200 m -the beautiful valleys of the Arkansa and the Washita - a great deal of the state is prairies-- -"bottom lands, heavily timbered with -the otter, beaver, & raccoon -the sleeping lakes and stagnant bayous -the dead level in South generally the orange, lemon, fig, peach, grapes, berries, pomegranate, dates, pears--sweet potato ginseng, blood=root, snake=root