FOOTNOTES:
[1] Diary of George Washington, Sept. 2 to Oct. 4, 1784.
[2] Cf. “Journal of Lieut. Robert Parker,” The Pennsylvania Magazine, vol. xxvii, No. 108, pp. 404-420.
[3] Historic Highways of America, vol. v, p. 93.
[4] Wisconsin Historical Collections, vol. xi, p. 230.
[5] Public Documents Relating to the New York Canals (New York, 1821), p. 312.
[6] Id., pp. 352-353.
[7] A Pedestrious Tour, by Estwick Evans.
[8] Historic Highways of America, vol. xiii, ch. 4.