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in settling the boundary lietween Canada and the 

 United Stair-. He \vi- afterwards secretary ut' state | 

 of Now York, and was secretary of war in the admin- 

 istration of Pres. John Quincy Adams, lie was prom- 

 inent in the ]iro;;Tcss of Western New York and was 

 one of the projectors of the Erie Canal. He died at 

 Niagara Falls, March 20. 1S44. 



Hisonlyson. PETER At ut STI.S PORTER (1827- 1st; I). 

 graduated at Harvard College in 1845, studied in Ger- 

 many, and was elected to the Legislature of New York 

 in 1 801. He raised a regiment for service in the civil 

 war and was killed at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864. 



PORT HURON, a city of Michigan, the county-scat 

 of St. Glair co.. is on the St. Clair River, at the mouth 

 of the Black River, and at the foot of Lake Huron, 62 

 miles N. N. E. of Detroit. It is the terminus of three 

 railroads, the Grand Trunk, the Chicago and Grand 

 Trunk, and the Port Huron and North-western. There 

 are 4 iron bridges over the rivers, 2 of which are rail- 

 road bridges, and a railroad tunnel is now being built 

 under St. Clair River to Sarnia on the Canadian side. 

 With this town there is steam-ferry communication 

 and steamboats also ply to Detroit daily while naviga- 

 tion is open. Port Huron has a fine building for the 

 U. S. custom-house and post-office, erected in 1877, a 

 city-hall, 1 national and 3 other banks, an opera-house, 



1 daily and 4 weekly newspapers, 9 churches, and 7 

 schools with substantial buildings. Timber is brought 

 in large quantities by the Black River and manufac- 

 tured and shipped here. There are several saw-mills, 

 ship-yards, dry-docks, grain-elevators, machine- and 

 boiler-shops, threshing-machine-works, and extensive 

 car-works and railroad repair-shops. In the vicinity 

 large quantities of salt are produced and natural gas 

 and some petroleum are obtained. The city is sup- 

 plied with water from Lake Huron by the Holly 

 system. It hiis three small parks. The valuation of 

 property is $5,000,000, its public debt is $150.000, and 

 its yearly expenses about $100,000. Originally settled 

 by Canadian French in 1819, it was incorporated as a 

 city in 1807. lt,s population in 1880 was 8883. 



PORT JERVIS, an incorporated town of Orange 

 co., N. Y., is on the Delaware River above the mouth 

 of the Neversink River, 88 miles N. W. of New York 

 city, on the Erie Railroad and on the Port Jervis, 

 Monticello, and New York Railroad. It is close to the 

 border of New Jersey and a bridge connects it with 

 Pike co.. Pa. It has 2 national banks. 7 sol 

 dailv and 3 weekly newspapers, '1 foundries, the Erie 

 Railroad machine-shops, planing-, saw-, and feed-mills, 



2 glass-works, boot-and-shoe-factory, glove-works, and 

 watch-case-factory. The village was settled in 1S20 

 and incorporated in 1853. It nas a park and water- 

 works and is lighted with gas and electric light. It is 

 free of debt and its public yearly expenses are about 

 $20,000. Population in 1880 was 8678. 



PORTLAND, a city of Maine, seat of Cumberland 

 co., is in 43 40' N. lat. and 70 14' W. long., on a pen- 

 insula of lW.il acres in Casco Bay. It is 62 mil 

 W. of Augusta, capital o_f the State. Besides the 

 facilities for commerce furnished by its deep and eapa- 

 harbor, it has five railroads, the Grand Trunk. 

 .Maine Central, Boston and Maine. Portland and 

 Ogdensburg, and Portland and Rochester. The impor- 

 tant buildings include the custom-house, post-office, 

 city-hall, court house, observatory. Baxter Hall, Me- 

 chanics' Hall, Maine general hospital, public library. 

 The Society of Natural History and the Society of Art 

 have valuable collections. Besides 6 national banks 

 there are 8 others. There are 15 hotels, 4 daily and 1 1 

 weekly newspapers, and 26 schools. There are 32 

 churches, several of which have fine edifices. The in- 

 dustrial works comprise rolling-mills, stove-foundries. 

 locomotive- and boiler-works, sugar-refineries, shoe- 

 factoriee, carriage-works. Rising gradually from the 

 harbor and well shaded Portland presents a very pic- 

 turesque appearance. It has gas and electric light, 

 water-Works, and a park called ''The Oaks. " Its prop- 



erty is assessed at $33,752.040 in 1888; its public 

 debt is s:;. MI MUM), anil the city expenses for 1887 ex- 

 ceeded $936.000. The first settlement was made here 

 in 1633, and it was included in the town of Falmouth, 

 which was incorporated in 1050. Portland was burnt 

 by Indians in 167(1. by French and Indians in 1 690, by 

 the British in 1775. It was incorporated in 1786 and 

 received a city charter in 1832, having on its seal the 

 motto "Resurgam." In 1866 it again suffered from 

 a disastrous conflagration. Its population in 1880 was 

 33,810. 



PORTLAND, the largest city of Oregon, county- 

 seat of Multnomah co. , is on the Willamette River, 1 2 

 miles from its confluence with the Columbia and about 

 12o miles from the ocean, yet it is virtually a seaport 

 to which large vessels come from various parts of the 

 world. It is in 45 30' N. lat. and 122 27' 30" W. 

 long. It has a fine court-house, a U. S. government 

 building, 10 banks, several large hotels, 3 public halls, 

 a theatre, a high-school, good public schools, a female 

 academy, a large library, asylum for the insane, and 

 25 churches. The industrial works comprise iron-foun- 

 dries, machine-shops, flour-mills, saw-mills, canneries, 

 breweries, furniture-factories, shoe-factories,etc. There 

 are 5 daily and 15 weekly newspapers and 2 monthly 

 magazines published here. Lumber, wheat, flour, and 

 wool are largely exported. Portland is a handsome 

 city, with wide, well-shaded streets, and has four lines 

 of street railway. It has gas- and water-works. _ It is 

 the terminus of the Oregon Railway and Navigation 

 Company's system. It was settled in 1845, became a 

 city in 1851, and in 1880 had a population of 17,577. 

 Its present population exceeds 40,000. 



PORTSMOUTH, a city of New Hampshire, half- 

 shire-town of Rockingham cp., is on the Piscataqua 

 River, 3 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, and 54 miles N. 

 N. E. of Boston. It is built on the slope of a penin- 

 sula, overlooking a deep, capacious harbor with rock 

 bottom. The streets are well shaded and there are 

 many antique mansions. Portsmouth has a custom- 

 house, an athenaeum, with a library of 10.000 volumes, 

 a music-hall, 4 national banks, 2 savings banks, and 11 

 churches, some of which have fine structures. Three 

 daily and three weekly newspapers are published here. 

 The manufactures include cotton and woollen goods, 

 hosiery, shoes, iron-castings, etc. Ship-building is 

 still carried on, but the commerce has declined. The U. 

 S. navy-yard of Kittery, on an island opposite, has 3 

 large ship-houses and a floating balance-dock, 350 

 feet long by 105 wide, with 24 pumps. Portsmouth 

 was settled in 1623, but did not receive a city charter 

 untjl 1849. It was the capital of New Hampshire 

 until 1 807. It is now a favorite summer-resort. Its 

 population in 1880 was 9690. 



PORTSMOUTH, a city of Ohio, seat of Scioto 

 co.. is on the Ohio River, at the mouth of the Scioto, 

 113 miles E. S. E. of Cincinnati. It is on the Scioto 

 V alley, the Ohio and North-western, and the Cincin- 

 nati, Washington, and Baltimore Railroads. It has a 

 court-house, 2 opera-houses, 3 national banks, and 1 

 other bank, 1 daily, 5 weekly, and 2 monthly news- 

 papers, 21 churches, 6 public schools, and a young 

 tallies' seminary. The industrial works comprise 2 

 rolling-mills, 3 foundries, 2 woollen-mills, 2 stone-mills, 

 3 saw-mills, steel-spring-works, a tannery, wheelbarrow, 

 furniture, and shoe -factories. Iron is abundant in the 

 vicinity. Portsmouth has gas and electric light, a paid 

 fire department, a street railway, a Hollv system of 

 water-works. The city is partly enclosed by hills and 

 on the opposite side of the Ohio there ara hills 500 

 feet high. Population in 1 8SO was 1 1 .321 . 



PORTSMOUTH, a city of Virginia, eounty : seat of 

 Norfolk co., is on the west bank of the Elizabeth 

 River, opposite Norfolk. It has a fine harbor, the river 

 here being about two-thirds of a mile wide. In the sub- 

 urb of Gosporl is a U. S. navy-yard with a granite dry- 

 dock and a marine-hospital. The navy-yard was de- 

 stroyed at the beginning of the civil war, to prevent its 



