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Land Carriage 8o miles at I/ Pensylva. Curry. per Mile
per Ton oil 38 Bushels of Wheat is 4. 0.0
From Paynes Falls to Shannandore Semple now gives for
Water Carr'e per Ton S.o
from the Mo. of Connegocheage to Paynes about the same
Distance suppose the like 8.0
Land Carriage from Seneca to the little Falls 12 or LI
Miles say 14 1¢.0
7.10.0
saved by Water Carriage except the small Expense of
Carriage from the little Falls to Geo. Town or Bell-
haven -
=' on each Ton 2.10.0
but what has weight with some though not enough are the future advan-
tages which you can much better than I can form an Idea of in making
Poto. the Channel of Conveyance and Connection between the new Coun-
try westward and Britain.
If you Sr. should approve the Scheme of a Subscription and think any
Thing can be done that way in Virginia it will give us new Spirits on
this Side, if not I shall be greatly obliged by your communicating your
Thoughts on the Subject.
NN'hen I had the pleasure of seeing you at the Springs last Sunnner I
mentioned that my Brother - had obtained the Secret of curing fits by
simples he had several people under his Care who have beets happily
relieved. the cure was much slower than lie expected and indeed lie once
began to think that he had been deceived but he is now fully satisfied of
the salutary Effects of the Medicine which has been considerably improved
lately, from his own actual Experiment on several Subjects and if, which
I shall indeed be sorry to hear, the young Lady has as yet met with no
Relief, I shall procure and send you some with proper Directions. -'\,Its.
Washington may be assured that no ill Consequences will follow from it.
I am sr. With great Regard
Your most obedt. hble Servt.
Trrs. JOHNSON Esqr
ANNAPO. Ifi June 1770.
[Endorsement:] Letter and Proposals from Thos. Johnson Rsqr
Annapolis-I8 June 1770 respect'g the Inland Navig'n of Pot'k.
V. MARYLAND SUBSCRIPTION PAPER.'o
Will the Landholders on the navigable Waters be benefited by a cheap
and easy Carriage from the Back parts of the Country? if they will it
may naturally be expected they will promote easy Carriage if not though
the Community would be benifited as an intire Bodv an extraordinary
Exertion of the people below in favour of Carriage would be a rare
Exercise of Virtue.
'4 Belhaven; an old name for Alexandria.
2sDr. John Johnson, a physician of Annapolis. See his letter of Mar. zi
1772, to Mrs. Washington regarding Patsy Custis, daughter of Mrs.
Washington.
who died June ig, 1773. Letters to Washington, IV. »9.
zslt is possible that this document is the subscription paper vrohich
Johnson
mentions in his letter of June i8. 1770. The handwriting is obviously
Johnson's
and both documents mention the objection which had been made by certain per-
sons to the construction of locks at the Falls.
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