To the Honorable the General Assembly--the memorial of the subscribers respectfully sheweth
Subtitle: That your memorialists have long viewed with regret and concern, the many difficulties ... the agricultural interest in the whole south western district of Virginia labors under, for the want of a water communication with tide water, in order to transport their produce with ease and convenience to a market. ...
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 8335
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1805
Place of publication: Petersburg, Va.?
Language: eng
Subjects: Canals; Inland water transportation
Notes: Petitioning the Virginia General Assembly to "pass a law for incorporating a company for cutting a canal from Roanoke to tide water at Petersburg."

The original, held by the Virginia State Library, is dated Dec. 12, 1805, in ms.

Shaw & Shoemaker 8335

Hummel, R.O. Southeastern broadsides, 3151

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.