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TENNESSEE, one of the United States of North America. It is bounded on the north by Kentucky and Virginia; south by the states of Mississippi and Georgia, and the territory of Alabama; east by North Carolina; and west by the river Mississippi. The parallel of $35°$ and $36°$ $30'$ forms the southern and nor- thern boundaries. The area is about 49,000 square English miles. In point of soil and climate this is one of the most favoured states in the Union. In the eas- tern parts the country is mountainous, in the western it is finely diversified with low hills; and every where it is well watered, covered with excellent wood, and affording when broken up most productive crops. Wheat, barley, rye, maize, flax, hemp, tobacco, indi- go, rice, and cotton, thrive luxuriantly. Lands of the first and second quality are too rich for wheat till they have been reduced by other crops. On Cumberland river the common produce of Indian corn is 60 to 70 bushels an acre; that of cotton is usually 800 pounds an acre. Vegetation is six or seven weeks earlier than in the eastern states. The rivers are scarcely ever frozen, and the snow seldom continues more than ten or twelve days. In some of the low grounds bilious fever prevails; but in general this state is one of the healthiest in North America.

The principal rivers are the Tennessee with its branches, and the Cumberland. The former is naviga- ble for boats 500 miles, with one interruption, and by its branches a considerable way farther. The latter is navigable for boats of 20 tons to Nashville, 200 miles up, and for small craft 150 miles farther.

Iron ores are abundant in this state, and lead ore is also found. Limestone is common; gypsum and slate exist in some places. Nitre is found in prodigious quantities in vast natural caves of a wonderful extent, some of which have large streams running through them. The natural forests furnish wood of all kinds and of excellent quality. The wild animals consist of deer, bears, panthers, wolves, wild cats, racoons, foxes, bea- vers, &c. The animals of prey are seldom seen near cultivated tracts.

This state was first settled in 1774, and was admit- ted into the union in 1796. Its population in 1791 was only 35,691; but in 1810 had increased to 261,727, of whom 44,535 were slaves. The inhabitants are good horsemen, expert in the use of the rifle, active and enterprising, but addicted to gaming and fighting. The legislature consists of a senate and house of repre- sentatives, elected by all the free citizens of 21 years of age, who have resided six months in the state. The executive power is vested in a governor elected for two years. The judges are appointed by the legislature during good behaviour. The religious denominations are Presbyterians, Baptists, Roman Catholics, Metho- dists, and Episcopalians. There are four colleges in the state, none of which have yet acquired much celeb- rity. The value of lands and houses in this state, as ascertained by the assessment, in 1799 was 6,134,108 dollars; and in 1814 it was 24,233,759, exclusive of slaves. The value of the manufactures of this state, which are chiefly domestic, was found to be 3,611,029 in 1810. Tennessee being entirely an inland state, its commerce is carried on chiefly through New Orleans, and hence the value of its exports does not appear. They consist principally of saltpetre, tobacco, corn, hogs, and cattle. The imports are dry goods, groceries, &c. Maple sugar is generally made by the farmers themselves. A single tree on an average yields from 15 to 25 gallons of sap, from which four or five pounds of sugar is extracted. The quantity made in the state in 1810 amounted to 162,340 pounds.