Petition seeking Navigation Regulations for James River Boats.
- imprint_number: 1810.102
- title: To the General Assembly ... petition of many of the inhabitants of the counties of Goochland, Powhatan, Cumberland, Fluvanna ... sheweth, that ... [they] have suffered severely from depredations committed ... by the navigators of boats ... [on the] James River ...
- sequence_number: 102
- year: 1810
- place_issued: Virginia
- issuing_press: Uncertain
- author: Inhabitants of Counties on James River.
- notes: Petition resulted in amending law regulating navigation on the river and the appointment of commissioners to examine problems with navigation on the upper part of the river.
Sheet lacks colophon; House received this petitions on December 10, 1810, but the counties mention herein indicate the petition could easily have issued in Lynchburg, Petersburg, or Richmond, so the indeterminacy here.
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