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The noble mine, railway and canal, of the Delaware and Hud- 

 son company, shew what can be done, by the resources, enterprize, 

 and perseverance of an association of individuals ; and it cannot be 

 doubted, that the two most opulent and powerful States in the Union, 

 having already led the way, so successfully, in the great field of in- 

 ternal improvement, will continue to consult the high interests of their 

 citizens, by completing all the communications and especially the 

 northern ones, with this important valley. Those already begun on 

 the south, will doubtless, be finished by the State, and the inhabitants 

 will themselves take care that all the additional communications 

 through the valley, on both sides of the river, which their interests 

 may demand shall be in due time established. The importance of 

 the coal beds will justify and require a canal on each side of the river, 

 and numerous rail ways leading from different mines. We may ex- 

 pect soon to see this noble valley become a great thoroughfare of 

 travelling and of business, and a seat of numerous manufactures, for 

 which its great fertility, its vast magazines of fuel, its fine water 

 powers, and its excellent population, give it rare advantages. 



Mining districts are rarely rich in soil, — the sterility of the sur- 

 face being compensated by the mineral treasures below. Seldom 

 are both advantages combined ; we see it occasionally in some of the 

 coal districts of Britain ; and in this respect, the valley of Wyoming 

 is particularly happy. It is rich in soil and in the best agricultural 

 productions. Its extensive meadows are unrivalled in fertility and 

 beauty, and its undulating surface, between the meadows and the 

 mountains, is a fine region for grass and wheat. In a word, splen- 

 did and beautiful in the scenery of its mountains, rivers, fields, and 

 meadows ; rich in the most productive agriculture ; possessed by the 

 still surviving veterans and by the descendants, of a high minded 

 race of men ; full of the most interesting historical associations, and 

 of scenes of warfare, where the precious blood of fathers, husbands 

 and sons, so often moistened their!own fields ; the valley of Wyo- 

 ming will always remain one of the most attractive regions to every 

 intelligent and patriotic American. 



MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS UPON THE VALLEY OF WYOMING 

 AND LACKAWANNA. 



Disputed title. 



The severe and long continued struggle for the possession of this 

 country, which was sustained by the original Connecticut settlers 



