Acts of the General Assembly of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : passed at a session, which was begun and held at the borough of Harrisburgh [i.e. Harrisburg], on Tuesday, the first day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twelve
Acts of the General Assembly of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : passed at a session which was begun and held at the borough of Harrisburg, on Tuesday the sixth day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen
Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : passed at a session which was begun and held at the Borough of Lancaster, on Tuesday the second day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten
Acts of the General Assembly of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : passed at a session, which was begun and held at the borough of Lancaster, on Tuesday the third day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eleven
Acts of the General Assembly of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania passed at a session which was begun ... on Tuesday the fifth day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen [to Mar. 19, 1816]
Bibliographical references included in "Acknowledgements" (p. 219-222)
Summary
"Captain Frederick Way, Jr. began his career as a mud clerk (an all around worker on a steamboat) , then became a mate, a master, and finally in 1923, received his pilot's license. In 1925, Captain Way bought his first packet (a ship traveling at regular intervals between two ports)..." [wikipedia]
This book "[s]tarts with an outboard motor trip down the Allegheny from Olean, New York, to Pittsburgh, giving nice detail of the nature of the river and its individuality. Then follows the history and the personalities and the feel of succeeding periods. There is a good deal about Pittsburgh and the oil boom of that section ... There is flood control, keel and steamboating, rivermen and river yarns, interspersed with anecdotes and reminiscences of the author and his family." [Kirkusreviews.com]
