Title: Suggestions on the canal policy of Pennsylvania: in
reference to the effects of the inland navigation of the adjoining
states, on the commerce of Philadelphia: also, in relation to a
direct canal through the counties of Chester and Lancaster, to the
Susquehanna: and others thence to the Ohio: with facts and
computations relative to the commerce of the Chesapeake &
Delaware Canal.Author: John L SullivanPublisher: Gale, Sabin
Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography,
Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a
collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the
Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s.
Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and
exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War
and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and
abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an
up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP03374700CollectionID:
CTRG00-B1337PublicationDate: 18240101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: "Explanation of the principles of the composite lock,
referred to in a report, relatiue sic] to the proposed Hudson and
Delaware Canal from Kingston to near Milford."--P. 38]-41.
"Explanation of the perpendicular lift invented by Benjamin
Dearborn, of Boston."--P. 42]-46. "Tunnels."--P. 49. Appendix
signed by Samuel Hayes.Collation: 49 p., 1] leaf of plates: ill.;
22 cm
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