Document Type
Notes
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Date
1950
Keywords
Pennsylvania Gazette, Reading, Schuylkill River, Spring Mill, Philadelphia, boats
Description
A typed copy of a May 14, 1788 article from the Pennsylvania Gazette, entitled, "1788 Reading Boat Trip to Philadelphia". The article details the costs and dangers associated with moving freight along the Schuylkill River by boat between Reading and Philadelphia.
Corresponds to:
Packet 730-38 to 730-42
Language
English
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Recommended Citation
Author, Unknown, "Reading Boat Trip to Philadelphia, May 14, 1788" (1950). Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents. 253.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/253
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