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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to express my appreciation for the help and
encouragement I have received on this project from several sources.
First, I would like to thank my wife, Christina, for her advice and
continual support. I would also like to thank Laura Brenholtz of
Riverdale, Maryland,for her care and attention to detail in drawing the
many maps and labeling the sketches, and Denise Moore of College Park,
Maryland,for willingly typing and retyping this, sometimes under severe
time constraints. Finally, The Minnesota Historical Society also
deserves my appreciation for providing copies of nearly all their
materials from the George Washington Papers by mail and for the privi-
lege of including the sketches of the lock gates and of the canals and
locks on pages 70 and 71 .
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