Wright's Ferry (Columbia), and funneled into Philadelphia. Penn had rough-charted plans for syphoning river traffic up the Con- estoga and down the Schuylkill rivers, after having made a canoe trip, and short portage, over the suggested route, with recommendations for improving �the channels in the

JOHN PEARSON'S DESCRIPTION OF LANCASTER AND COLUMBIA IN 1801 John Pearson believed that the "various abilities and different pursuits of men" should be exerted for "the information and instruction of the whole." He was one of the founders and ardent supporters of "the Friendly Society for diffusing