152 Notes on Ohno. 
i. XXI. > Nelees on Ohio. By De Hixpseru, ip answer to 
inquiries, made by Caleb Atwater, Esq. 
“Tue name of your town, or county, iis situation, gxtens 
and number of acres ; the history of its settlement; the num 
ber, general character, and manners of the first setters’: ; ess 
whence they came, and at what time; the latitude and lon- 
gitude of any particular place in your county £” 
Marietta is situated at the junction of the Muskingum with 
the Ohio river, and lying on both sides of the Muskingum, 
but principally on the east side; that part of the town which 
lies on the west side, is usually ‘Called: Point Harmar, in con- 
sequence of the fort built by Gen. Harmar, standing on 
that side. It is the seat of justice for Washington county, 
and lies in latitude 39° 28’ 42” north, and in Tongitude 4° 
20’ west et Washington. 
T he streets are wide and Teele ; the aupoucts being 
tendi oerae hundred and eighty ca the streets cross 
each other at ght angles, thus forming squares, containing 
eighteen city lots; and these are again divided by an alley, 
running the length of the square, eleven feet in'width. ‘The 
commons are large, and the grounds reserved. for public uses 
extensive. ‘The public buildings are a court house, and jail, 
both under one roof;* four houses for public worship, two o 
brick, and two of wood: and one banking house, of gaa 
the public offices are, two post-offices, (one on Point Har- 
mar,) recorder’s office, U. S. register’s and eee ofc; ony 
and that of the collector of non-residenttaxes. Theo 
of dwelling houses is one hundred and forty-five; ory et 
which are of brick; these are exclusive of the. a me- 
chanies’ shops,. and buildings for manufactories, 
The number of stores for retaifing foreign ae is seven- 
teen; two coiton manufactories, the machinery of which is 
922 there was saci a brick court-house of good size, and 
vitae al the necessary offi 
