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MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS- 



water wheel may be unlliipped, and the whole procured 

 at a fmall expence. 



Theie hints, together with the model, I fubmlt to the 

 infpe£tion o£ the Society, and hope fome improvement 

 may be made on this plan, which will prove ufeful to man- 

 kind. 



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the ujheeL C. CranL D. Pmnp. E. Props on the deck 

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An ABSTRACT offundry papers and propofals for im-' 

 proving the inland navigation oj Pennfylvania and Mary- 

 landj by opening a communication hetvoeen the tide ^waters 

 of Delavoare and Sufquehannah^ or Chefapeak-Bay 'y tvith 

 afcheme for an eofy and foort land com7nunication be-- 

 tvueen the vuaters of Sufquehannah and Chriftiana Creeks 

 a branch of Delavoare ; to nvhich are annexed fome ejli-' 

 mates of expence. <^'C* 



npHE American Philofophical Society, held at Phila- 

 ■^ delphia, have always, confidered it as one great end 

 of their inftitution, to fet on foot, and forward the exe- 

 cution of fuch public fpirited undertakings, as have a ten- 



d<^ncy to advance the landed and commercial intereft of 



the Britifh colonies in general, and particularly of thofe 

 middle colonies, with which they are more immediately 



conneded. 



With this view it was, that they appointed different com- 

 mittees to view the ground, and confider in what manner 

 a water communication might be beft opened between the 

 provinces of Maryland and Pennfylvania; and particu- 

 larly by what means the large and increafmg number of 

 frontier fettlers, efpecially thofe on the Sufquehannah and 

 its branches, might be enabled to bring their produce to 

 market at the chcapeft rate, whether by land or water. 



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