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"Suſquehanna Navigation

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

2. From Philadelphia to Preſqu'Iſle on lake Erie, by the Juniata and Kiſkeminetas &c

3. From Philadelphia to Preſqu'Iſle, by the weſt branch of Suſquehanna, Sinnemahoning and Conewango.

4. From Philadelphia to Preſqu'Iſle, by the weſt branch of Suſquehanna, Sinnemahoning and Toby's creek.

5. From the tide waters of Suſquehanna to Pittſburgh.

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

7. From Conedeſſago lake to New York

8. From the middle of the Geneſſee 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 "Suſquehanna, from Wright's ferry to the mouth of Swatara creek, inclu-