Potomac Company collection 1785-1822 1785-1795 Potomac Company collection

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Potomac Company collection 1785-1822 1785-1795 Potomac Company collection

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This collection contains 7 items pertaining to the Potomac Company's administrative affairs in the late 18th century and to its efforts to create canals along unnavigable portions of the Potomac River.

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William L. Clements Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6392237

William L. Clements Library

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Nelson, William

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Epithet: of Sloane MS 796 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x00029f Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001390.0x00003b ...

Briggs, Isaac, 1763-1825

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Civil engineer and surveyor; member of the American Philosophical Society; Class of 1783, University of Pennsylvania. From the description of Letters and essay, 1802, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862571 Surveyor, engineer, mathematician, and astronomer. From the description of Isaac Briggs papers, 1691-1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71062910 ...

Westfall, Abel.

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Potomac Company

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After the conclusion of the Revolutionary War, George Washington and other politicians in Virginia and Maryland believed that the Potomac River could become an important artery for trade into the western frontier. The Potomac Company was founded in 1785 to build canals and do other work on and along the river to improve its navigability. George Washington was the company's first president, and James Rumsey was appointed to oversee the work. In July 1822, the Potomac Company became part of the ne...

Rumsey, James, 1743?-1792

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Engineer and inventor. From the description of Papers of James Rumsey, 1784-1802. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015416 Inventor, of Shepherdstown, Va. (now W. Va.). From the description of Papers, 1785-1816. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20159048 James Rumsey (1743-1792) invented a steam-powered boat in 1787 and developed an improved steamboiler, grist mill, and sawmill. He secured English and U.S. patents on the boiler and steamboat ...