The People Residents in the Savannah Valley Petition The Congress of the United States in the Interest of the Development of the Savannah River
The Savannah River is the Eighth Largest River in the United States; Augusta: At the Head of the Navigation on Savannah River is the Third Largest Cotton Market in the United States; Savannah: At the Mouth of the Savannah River is the Largest Naval Stores Market in the World. [Savannah?]: Residents of the Savannah Valley, ca. 1905.
Wraps. Stapled wraps. Approx. 9" x 6". 10 pages, [1] blank. Tan paper wraps with title on the front. No printer, date, or location of publication provided. Number written on the front cover. Interior contents clean.
The undersigned at the end of the petition on page 10 includes D. B. Dyer, Chairman; Leonard Phinizy; J. F. McGowen; C. D. Carr; Paul Mustin; Nisbet Wingfield; Martin V. Clavin; Oswell R. Eve; and Tracy I. Hickman. The signers state in their opening argument; "by petition, as we now seek to do, their well matured convictions on the subject and their ernest desire that you unite upon a measure, or on a provision of the proper appropriation bill, that will provide the ways and means to so improve the Savannah River that it will be made, as it can be made, navigable all the year round for steamboats, of reasonable draft, between the City of Augusta and the port of Savannah." Scarce petition. One copy shows up in OCLC (University of Georgia). Good. Item #33207
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