Waters of Potowmack
Metcalf, Paul C.
Waters of Potowmack is a documentary history of the Potomac River and its wide, fertile basin -- the setting for much of early United States history. A collage of primary accounts, it extends from the first explorers and colonists, the building of the Capitol, and the incidents of the Civil War through our recent past.Waters of Potowmack records the firsthand impressions of the settlers and surveyors of this river basin, an area that includes ...