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Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania a city of 22,000 pop., on the W. branch of Susquehannah River, and on the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad, 96 miles from Harrisburg. Engaged in various manufactures and center of a large trade.
Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania a town of 11,000 pop., on north branch of Susquehannah River, 67 miles from Harrisburg, on the Lackawanna & Bloomsburg Railroad. Extensive iron works are located here.
Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania a town of 5,000 pop., on Susquehannah River, at the junction of the Philadelphia and Erie with the Northern Central Railroad, 56 miles from Harrisburg. The Shamokin Valley & Pottsville Railroad terminates here.
Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Pennsylvania a town of 2,000 pop., on Susquehannah River, 50 miles from Harrisburg. Surrounded by a rich agricultural district.
Great Bend, Susquehannah County, Pennsylvania a town of 2,800 pop., on Susquehannah River, at the junction of the Delaware & Lackawanna with the New York & Erie Railroad, 48 miles from Scranton, and 200 miles from New York. A place of active business.
Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania a village of 4,000 pop., in Buffalo township, on the West branch of Susquehannah River, 69 miles from Harrisburg. Pleasantly situated in a rich and populous agricultural district.
Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania a town of 1,019* pop., on the N. branch of the Susquehannah River, 145 miles from Harrisburg, and 20 miles from Scranton.
Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania a village of 1,800 pop., in Hallam township, on Susquehannah River, 29 miles from Harrisburg. Connected to York by railroad, which crosses the river and forms a junction with the Columbia branch. Engaged in the lumber trade.
rnment over the companions of his voyages. Chalmers, 227, 228. Harvey enforced the commands of his sovereign, and 1632 Mar 8. confirmed the license by a colonial commission. Ibid. 228, 229. The Dutch plantations were esteemed to border upon Virginia. After long experience as a surveyor, and after years employed in discoveries, Clayborne, now acting under the royal license, formed establishments, not only on Kent Island, then within the Old Dominion, but also near the mouth of the Susquehannah. Hazard, i. 430. Relation of Maryland, 34. Thurloe, v. 486. Hazard, i. 630. Maryland Papers, in Chalmers, 233.Thus the Chap. VII.} colony of Virginia anticipated the extension of its commerce and its limits; and, as mistress of all the vast and commodious waters of the Chesapeake, and of the soil on both sides of the Potomac, indulged the hope of obtaining the most brilliant commercial success, and rising into powerful opulence, without the competition of a rival. It was the pec
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