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Railroads, [134] et seq.; see also names of railroads.
Revolutionary War, plans for payment of debt of, [2]-[3].
Rhodes, Mayor of Philadelphia, [30].
Rideau canal system, [160].
Rivers and harbors, government policy of improvement, [12]; Chicago convention (1846), [169].
Roads, [44] et seq., [83]; tolls, [59]-[60]; see also Cumberland Road.
Robinson, Moncure, [139]-[140].
Roosevelt, Theodore, quoted, [176].
Rumsey, James, [12]; general manager of Potomac Company, [32]; steamboat experiments, [101], [102], [103], [106]; Virginia grants monopoly to, [106]; Fulton and, [108].
Russell, Majors, and Waddell found Overland Stage Company, [189].
Rutherfordton Trail, [19].