Monongalia County Petition, Navigation, 1846 December 16

Place of Publication: Monongalia County
Index Card Notes: To the Legislature of VA.: The undersigned, citizens of Monongalia County represent that the counties of Marion, Taylor, Harrison, Barbour, Lewis and Randloph also forming what is known as the "Valley of the Monongahela" which needs to be connected with some readily accessible market...The Monongahela River flows through the center of the "Valley" and if improved it will remedy this evil...We pray you pass an act incorporating a company for the improvement of navigation of the Monongahela, by slack-water, from the PA. Line upwards, with ...etc.
[1846 Dec 16-Monongalia County Petition]
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