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The memorial and petition of the president and directors of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, to the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company.
Contributor:
Fox, George.
Gilpin, Joshua, 1765-1841.
Johns, Kensey, 1791-1857.
Roberts, George.
Goldsborough, Robert Henry, 1779-1836.
United States. Congress 1805-1806)
Series:
Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 11620.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company.
Canal companies--United States.
Canal companies.
Canals--Maryland.
Canals.
Canals--Law and legislation.
Maryland.
Canals--Delaware.
Delaware.
Canals--Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania.
Canals--Law and legislation--Maryland.
Canals--Law and legislation--Delaware.
Canals--Law and legislation--Pennsylvania.
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (Del. and Md.).
Genre:
Memorials (Legal)
Physical Description:
26 pages
Place of Publication:
[Philadelphia] : J.W. Scott, printer., [1806?]
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Notes:
Printer's name from verso of title page.
Signed on p. 8 "by order and on behalf of the president and directors. Joshua Gilpin. George Fox, Robert H. Goldsborough. December 1, 1805."
"Observations respecting the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal."--p. [9]-26. Signed: Kinsey [i.e., Kensey] Johns, Joshua Gilpin, Robert H. Goldsborough. December 1, 1805.
"In the printed copy of the petition annexed, the name of George Fox is inserted through error, in lieu of Kinsey Johns."--Note, p. 26.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 11620).
Contains:
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company. Observations respecting the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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