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Richmond Enquirer
Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia
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Col. Baldwin surveyed James, Jackson's, and Kanawha rivers from Beale's Bridge to Dunlap's Creek and beyond, deeming them navigable for boats at low cost and proposing a feasible road to Kanawha falls. A memorial to incorporate a company for these improvements will soon be available for signatures in Richmond.
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We are informed by a western correspondent, "that Col. Baldwin passed Charlestown, on the Kanawha the 23d September, having surveyed and examined James, and Jackson's rivers from Beale's Bridge to the mouth of Dunlap's creek—the intermediate country between that point, and the great falls in Kanawha river; and was continuing the survey and examination of the last mentioned river, to its confluence with the Ohio."
Our informant adds. "that Col. Baldwin is decidedly of opinion, that the rivers which he has surveyed, are not only susceptible of navigation, but may be rendered safe and easy for boats of considerable burden, at much less expence than he had expected. And that a road may be constructed from the mouth of Dunlap's creek, to the falls of Kanawha, forming an angle not exceeding five degrees with the horizon, at a moderate expence for a work of that character; as the materials are abundant and convenient."
In a few days, a Memorial will be laid on the Coffee House table (for the signatures, of the Citizens of Richmond, Manchester, and others) praying the Legislature of Virginia to incorporate a Company for these purposes.
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Kanawha, Virginia
Event Date
23d September
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rivers found navigable at low cost; road construction feasible at moderate expense; memorial to be presented to virginia legislature for company incorporation.
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Col. Baldwin surveyed and examined James and Jackson's rivers from Beale's Bridge to Dunlap's Creek, the intermediate country to Kanawha falls, and continued surveying Kanawha to its confluence with the Ohio. He opined the rivers are susceptible of safe and easy navigation for boats of considerable burden at less expense than expected, and a road from Dunlap's Creek to Kanawha falls could be built at moderate expense with abundant materials.