EARLY CHAPTERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PATOMAC ROUTE TO THE WEST.

Bacon-Foster, Mrs. Corra.

Published by Burt Franklin, New York

About this Item

(1971). Reprint of the 1912 edition, viii, 277pp, index, illustrated. Minimal underlining with red highlighter on about 15 pages, and minimal light pencil underlining on about ten pages, all within the first 37 pages. Neat pencil notes on the front and rear free endpapers, else G. The Ohio Company was the first incorporated effort to reach the great west. Its lineal successors have been: the Potomac (and various spellings) Company, 1784, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, 1826, and the National Road, 1806. The book consists of three parts: 1).The Ohio Company and Other Adventures, 1748-1774; 2).The Patowmack Company, 1784-1828, From its Unpublished Records; 3).Life of Colo. Charles Simms, Gentleman, With Selections from his Correspondence.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: EARLY CHAPTERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PATOMAC ROUTE TO THE WEST.
• Publisher: Burt Franklin, New York
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket