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 was first up the Schuylkill, then across by canal to the Susquehanna. It was outlined as follows in the society's memorial, signed by Robert Morris, February 7, 1791:

The progress of Virginia and Maryland in connection with the Potomac Company and the opening of the Potomac River was felt in Pennsylvania at this time. "For,