Public Works Statement on Creek Obstructions and Navigation
R W Coleock reports on the Little Pee Dee Pee Dee Drowning Creek and Black Creek improvements. He details survey results from Darlington to Hood's Bridge and notes obstructions, raft removal needs, and cost estimates to restore navigability enabling Marlboro Marion and Horry districts to ship cotton and receive goods via Georgetown.
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R.W. Coleock
Lyvell
Sit. Izaw
Lake Swamp
Black Creek
Whitson
Pee Dee Iiver
Darlington
Wilson’s
Hood's
T Hood’s Bridge
Court House
Elean
Pee Dee
Little Pee Dee
North Carolina Line
Great Pee Wee
Drowning Creek
Benetsville
Nath Carolina Line
Melnnis
Walker
North Carolina
Littler Pee Dee
Big Pee Dee
Philips Lake
Marlbrough
Marion
Horry
Georgetown
Curiously Blundering Franklin Draft Noted in 1775 Confed Plans
The piece cites an 1775 Franklin draft for the Articles of Confederation that oddly names Ireland and the West Indies among North American colonies. It highlights a bungled phrasing seen in Sparks Franklin biography and American Archives commentary.
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Old Colonial Congress
Great Britain
Congress
Franklin
North America
Ireland
West India Islands
Quebec
St. John’s Nova Scotia
Bermudes
East
West Floridas
Old Congress
American Archives
Peter Force
Washington
West Indies
War Secretary Poinsett's Report Praised for Clarity and Defense Plans
Review lauds the War Department's secretary for the recent report's lucid, practical naval and land defense proposals. It highlights troop concentration at Albany and St Louis, coast defenses, and a proposed inland depot for armed steam vessels below the Ohio.
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Secretary of War
Poinsett
War Department
Florida
Albany
New York
St. Louis
Missouri
Gulf of Mexico
Falls
Ohio
Mississippi
Lurdpe
France
Military Academy
West Point
United States
America
Europe
Corps of Topographical Engineers
Amy
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