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1. Commerce.—The commerce, both domestic and foreign, that is carried on in the Middle Atlantic states is very great.

The railways and canals are constantly carrying wheat, cotton, and other produce into the cities of New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. Here these products are placed in ships and steamers and sent all over the world.





2. New York is the largest city in America. It contains about five million inhabitants. Its manufactures are vast; its commerce is immense. In its harbor we may see ships from every part of the globe.

Brooklyn, now a part of New York, is noted for the shipment of grain and for sugar refining.

3. Philadelphia is a great commercial city, and one of the leading manufacturing cities. It is on the Delaware river, and has easy access to the ocean through the Delaware bay.

4. Baltimore, on the Chesapeake bay, is the largest city of Maryland. Its manufactures are important, and it carries on a large domestic and foreign commerce.

5. Other Cities.—Buffalo, on Lake Erie, is a very busy place. It has an enormous trade in wheat, flour, cattle, and lumber.

Richmond, the capital of Virginia, at the falls of the James, has large iron works and an extensive tobacco trade.