Records, 1891-1923.

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Records, 1891-1923.

Business correspondence, daybook, returns of manifests, records and returns of way bills, records of business transacted daily on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Williamsport, Md., and daily reports on boats and cargoes clearing Williamsport from March 30 to April 28, 1911.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company

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Now a national park, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was once a major transportation artery that ran parallel to the Potomac River from Cumberland, Maryland, to Georgetown in the District of Columbia. The canal operated from the mid-nineteenth century into the 1930s and was used primarily for the transportation of coal and bulk agricultural products. These products, produced in the inland regions of the developing nation, were vital to the continuing prosperity of Tidewater cities and...