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VII. RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING BALLENDINE'S SCHEME.
At a meeting of several of the Trustees (named in Mr John Ballen-
dine's Proposals for making Potomac River Navigable)a4
At Frederick Town the 16th Day of November 1774
Declared that it is the Opinion of the Trustees present that John
Ballendine hath, on his Part, complied with the Terms and Conditions of
the former Subscriptions made in his Favor for his encouragement to go
to Europe and qualify himself to undertake the rendering of Potomac
River Navigable and that therefore such Subscription Money ought to be
Paid, and it is recommended by the Trustees present that Mr. Ballendine
make his next beginning to remove the Obstructions in Potomac at the
Shanandoah Falls and proceed down the River as soon as the Season of
the year will permit which he has promised to do-but that he continue to
carry on the Work he has already begun at the lower Falls as a great part
of the cutting may be done the ensuing Winter.
Recommended that a Meeting of the Trustees be held at George Town
on Thursday the first Day of December next as and that notice of such
Meeting be as publickly and generally given as may be
Recommended that Robert Peter, Thomas Richardson, Thomas Johns,
William Deakins Junr and Adam Stewart of Maryland with an equal
Number of Trustees residing in Virginia at the said Meeting of George
Town be appointed a Subcommittee according to Mr. Ballendines late
Proposals and that a Convenient number of them have Power to Act."
WILLIAM DEAKINS JUN C. BEATTY THO JOHNSON JR
THOMAS JOHNS JONATHAN HEGER 37 THOS. CRESAP
RICHARD THOMPSON JOHN CARY JOHN STULL e8
ADAM STEWART JOHN HANSON JUNR
Wm. BEATTY THo RICHARDSON
JACOB YOUNG
DAN HUGHES
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VIII. HEADS OF AN ACT.
Heads of an Act for Raising the Sum of 5o,ooo for the more Effectual
Carrying Mr Ballantynes plan of Extending the Navigation of Potomack
River into Execution etc etc etc ae
a40n May S, 1772, Ballendinc had secured from prominent men in both
colonies a testimonial of their confidence in his integrity and ability.
and sub-
scriptions to a fund to enable him to go to Great Britain to examine canals,
locks, etc. In September, 1774, he announced in the Maryland Gazette that be
was just back from Europe with engineers and artificers to open the Potomac.
On Oct. To a meeting of prominent men of both colonies was held at
Georgetown
and snhccriptinns made to aid him in his project. The Potomac Route to the
West, PP. II7-123. For the announcement made by him in the Maryland Gazette
of Oct. 25, 1774, giving a list of the trustees, see ibid., p. 121.
as For an account of this meeting see ibid.
au I bid.
37 Hagar in the Maryland Gazette. These names are not original signatures.
but are in the same handwriting as the rest of the document.
38 Stall in the Maryland Gazette.
39 For Ballendine's plan see notes 12 and 34. These remarks were written
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