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 "The memorial of 'The Society for promoting the improvement of roads and inland navigation,'

"Repectfully heweth,

"That your memoralis, reding in various parts of this ate, with a view to contribute their be endeavors to promote the internal trade, manufactures and population of their country, by facilitating every poble communication between the different parts of the ate, have lately formed themelves into a ociety, by the name above mentioned. And knowing that the Legilature, with the laudable intention of advancing the be interes of this commonwealth, and availing themelves of the extenve information, which they have obtained of the geography and tuation of the country, have now under their conderation the important ubject of roads and inland navigation; we, therefore, beg leave, with all poble deference, to ugge ome important conderations which have occurred to us in our enquiries into this ubject." A description of the position of Pennsylvania then follows, with an outline of her rivers which, as was then believed,