Surveyor for Inland Navigation Project

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Type

Letter Signed

Description

Letter, advises re surveyor for inland navigation project.

Date

04/07/1791

Author

Recipient

Sent from

Philadelphia

Document number

1791040700201

Page start

1

Notable persons

William Smith
Henry Knox
John Hills

Notable locations

Philadelphia
Connecticut River
Boston

Notable items

stranger
afford him such advice and assistance
employed by me to investigate this subject and to ascertain by actual surveys
sensible that many people may suppose the idea
prospect of the immense public advantages to be reaped from the measure
result different from my wish
troubled with the idea
reflections upon this subject
induced to believe that my opinion was more conformable to my wishes than to the real nature of the object
ascertain its practicability by some able surveyor
subject has been postponed
years past
opinion that is was possible to open an inland navigation from Connecticut river to Boston