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Jenks's Portland Gazette
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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Letter from Zaneville, North West Territory, reports rapid settlement and improvement, start of shipbuilding at Marietta with a sloop and brig descending the Mississippi, and urges government vigilance over French possession of Louisiana to ensure navigation freedom vital to the region and Union.
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BALTIMORE, JUNE 4.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman of respectability, dated Zaneville, (North West Territory) 19th April, 1802.
The settlement and improvement of this country is rapidly increasing, and at no distant day the carriage of our produce from the mouth of the Mississippi will be a great business. You doubtless have heard of the commencement of the ship building business at Marietta, a sloop and a brig are now to descend the river; if they should meet with success, the business may be considered as established, unless the possession of Louisiana by the French should interfere with the freedom of the navigation of the Mississippi. It will behove our Government to have a watchful eye to that object, which is of incalculable consequence to this country and to the Union, if integrity of the nation may be considered as of the least importance; for this country must follow the fate of the only outlet to the nation.
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Zaneville, (North West Territory)
Event Date
19th April, 1802
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Rapid settlement and improvement in the North West Territory; commencement of ship building at Marietta with a sloop and brig to descend the Mississippi; potential interference from French possession of Louisiana; government urged to watch navigation freedom of the Mississippi, vital to the country and Union.