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Inventory for MSA SC 5796-22



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MSA SC 5796-22-1
Dates2000/09/14-
MediumOriginal
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Newspaper research, Maryland Gazette,

1785/04 General Need to Open the Potomac to Navigation
1785 Announcement of meeting relating to the Potomac Canal
1785/04/13 article addressed to the Planter concerning the origins and benefits of the Potomac Canal
MSA SC 5796-22-2
Dates2000/08/29-
MediumOriginal
StorageContact the Department of Special Collections for location.
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Maryland State Law Library. Search on Maryland -- boundaries -- virginia.

Library of Congress, do keyword search on the LC Control numbers:

17022227
16021450
MSA SC 5796-22-3
Dates2000/09/14-
MediumOriginal
StorageContact the Department of Special Collections for location.
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Research in the Laws of Maryland relating to regulating the Potomac:

1818, January. Chapter 73. an Act incorporating a Company to erect at Toll Bridge across the Potomac River, Opposite Shepherd's Town.

1822, December Session, Chapter 67 Act authorizing the establishment of a ferry across the Potomac

1830, February, Chapter 48, authorizing Thompson F. Mason of Alexandria to use his slaves on Fair Island in the Potomac without their being entitled to Freedom {meaning transporting them across state lines which was prohibited in Maryland and could result in freedom]

1832, March, Chapter 146, authorizing the establishment of a Ferry from the lands of George Chichester in Montgomery County, over the River Potomac, nearly opposite the lower end of Black Walnut Island.

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