An Historical account of the rise, progress and present state of the canal navigation in Pennsylvania : With an appendix, containing, abstracts of the acts of the Legislature since the year 1790, and their grants of money for improving roads and navigable waters throughout the state; to which is annexed, "an explanatory map." Published by direction of the president and managers of the Schuylkill and Susquehanna, and the Delaware and Schuylkill Navigation Companies. [Twenty two lines of verse].
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, number eighty, Chesnut-Street, MDCCXCV. [1795] |
| Description | 2 unnumbered pages, xvi, 80 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : 1 color map ; 4⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Other author/creator | Smith, William, 1727-1803, author. |
| Other author/creator | Morris, Robert, 1732-1806, author. |
| Other author/creator | Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Company, author. |
| Other author/creator | Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation, author. |
| General note | Evans notes Robert Morris and William Smith as possible authors. |
| General note | "An act to enable the president and managers of the Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation .. to raise, by way of lottery, the sum of four hundred thousand dollars .. Approved April 17, 1795. .."--p. 79-80 of the second state (Evans 29474). Page [78] is blank. In the first state (Bristol B9298) the text ends on p. 77, with p. [78-80] blank. |
| General note | Map drawn by Reading Howell and engraved by James Trenchard. |
| General note | Errata note, p. [i]. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from the British Library. |
| References | Evans, 29474 |
| References | Bristol, B9298 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney, 47605 |
| References | Rink, E. Technical Americana, 4532 |
| References | Rink, E. Technical Americana, 4533 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, ESTCW12691. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements |
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