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 "Suquehanna Navigation

1. From Philadelphia, or the tide waters of Schuylkill, to Pittburgh on the Ohio

2. From Philadelphia to Prequ'Ile on lake Erie, by the Juniata and Kikeminetas &c

3. From Philadelphia to Prequ'Ile, by the we branch of Suquehanna, Sinnemahoning and Conewango.

4. From Philadelphia to Prequ'Ile, by the we branch of Suquehanna, Sinnemahoning and Toby's creek.

5. From the tide waters of Suquehanna to Pittburgh.

6. From the tide waters of Potomack, at George Town, to Pittburgh

7. From Conedeago lake to New York

8. From the middle of the Geneee country to New York"

The Pennsylvania Assembly responded liberally to the appeal of Robert Morris's society, and appropriated, April 13, 1791, £22,220 for the improvement of Pennsylvania rivers; the largest appropriations were for the "Suquehanna, from Wright's ferry to the mouth of Swatara creek, inclu-