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Powell's posed for Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 13, 80.
 * Porter, Peter B., on early Erie Canal committee, 14, 52, 150.
 * Porter's, 4, 194.
 * Posey, Gen. Thomas: MSS. cited, 8, 159, 177; appointed brigadier-general under Wayne, 175.
 * Post, Frederick: Journal, cited, 2, 89, 110; route to the West in 1758, 89; Forbes relies on, 5, 147–148; French Indians alienated by, 157.
 * Post roads, constitutionality of national appropriations for, 15, 55–57.
 * Potomac Company: formation authorized by Virginia and Maryland, 13, 51–52; subscription books opened, 55; Washington elected president of, 55; Rumsey manager of, 56; improvements made by, 56–62; financial difficulties, 57–63; State commission reports adversely on, 63–64; merged with Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 77; Mohawk improvement influenced by, 14, 41.
 * Potter, Colonel, in Erie Canal celebration, 14, 139.
 * Potter, Isaac B.: quoted on side ditches, 15, 103–104; on under drainage, 106–107; on macadam roads, 142–147, 155.
 * Powell, Ambrose, Kentucky explorer, 6, 50.
 * Powell, A. H., Chesapeake and Ohio Canal central committeeman, 13, 74.
 * Powell's, 12, 132.