A Bill Incorporating The Chesapeake And Ohio Canal Company Caption Title

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Richmond, VA: 1824 . First edition. 4to. 15 pp. Each line of the text is numbered. George Washington founded the Potowmack Company in 1785 to make navigability improvements to the Potomac River, with an ultimate goal of using waterways to connect the eastern seaboard to the Ohio River and the Great Lakes. The company completed a number of projects, especially around Washington, D.C., but its holdings were transferred to the Chesapeake and Ohio Company as it was formed in 1824 through stick

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