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Potomac River
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Rising in the Alleghany Mountaine, flows 400 m. eastward between Maryland and the Virginias into Chesapeake Bay; the Shenandoah is the chief tributary. The river is navigable as far up as Cumberland, and is tidal up to Washington, which is on its banks.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Potomac River'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/potomac-river.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.