[531] Fearon, H. B., Journey, 186.
Niles, Weekly Register, XIII., 116-117. "A merchant from Marietta, Ohio, has just left this city (New York) with several tons of goods (it being his second trip,) who takes them from Albany by way of Geneva and Hamilton on the Alleghany River, to his place in the State of Ohio. This gentleman is of opinion that goods can be transported from this place to Pittsburg for considerably less than they can be taken from Philadelphia over the mountains to Pittsburg."
[532] Fearon, H. B., Journey, 205. "The state of trade is at present dull, but that there is a great deal of business done must be evident from the quantity of "dry goods" and "grocery stores", many of the proprietors of which have stocks as large as the majority of London retail dealers."
Fordham, E. P., Travels, 75.
[533] Niles, Weekly Register, XXVIII., 82.
Birkbeck, M., Notes, 34.
Nuttall, T., Travels, Early W. Travels, XIII., 41. "To judge of the inland commerce carried on betwixt Philadelphia and Pittsburg, a stranger has but to view this road at the present season. All day I have been brushing past wagons heavily loaded with merchandise, each drawn by five and six horses.
[534] Welby, A., Visit, Early W. Travels, XII., 197.
Niles, Weekly Register, XV., 267. "It has been estimated that three millions of dollars worth of goods were at Pittsburg on the 7th ult. (December, 1818) waiting for a rise of the waters, to descend the river, as well as a multitude of travelers and emigrants."
[535] Nuttall, T., Travels, Early W. Travels, XIII., 38.