The Wilmingtonian, And Delaware Advertiser Notice July 6, 1826

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Act of Congress (Public No. 73) authorizing the Washington Canal Company to widen the Washington Canal from Seventh Street west to its western extremity and form a basin between Sixth and Seventh streets, and requiring the canal bed to hold at least one foot of water at ordinary low tide within five years; approved May 20, 1826.