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The chart, or navigator of the Susquehanna River : from Tioga Point to Marietta / revised, improved, and extended by John Thompson

Author
Thompson, John, active 1851
Additional Titles
Navigator of the Susquehanna River and Chart of the Susquehanna River
Published
Addison, Steuben Co., N.Y. : [John Thompson?], March 1841.
Physical Description
16 pages ; 13 cm

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Summary
"The pamphlet is a detailed set of instructions for rafting timber and/or flatboats on the Susquehanna River from the junction of the Chemung and Susquehanna [Tioga Point] to Marietta, Pennsylvania-- including which side of islands to pass, eddies to avoid, landmarks, and the like. While timber had largely already been harvested in northeastern Pennsylvania by the 1840s, there was still an active industry in south central New York. Rafting logs down the Susquehanna remained an effective means of transportation through the 19th century"--Description provided by Palinurus Antiquarian Books.
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Note
3rd ed., rev., improved & extended published 1851.
"Table of distance by water"--Page 16.
Rare Books copy: fragile, with some toning and soiling; in moderately chipped original limp brown leather wrappers; conservation/stabilization and special archival housing requested.
Binding Information
In limp brown leather wrappers.
Source of Acquisition
Rare Books copy: Purchased from Palinurus Antiquarian Books; 2022.
Rare Books copy: Purchased with funds from the J. Harvey Fahnestock Endowment for Scientific, Engineering and Rare Books; 2023.
Endowment Note
J. Harvey Fahnestock Endowment for Scientific, Engineering and Rare Books
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