Canal Mileposts Researching the Cheseapeake and Ohio Canal in Frederick County

 

GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

BRR = Brunswick Railroad Museum CC = Catoctin Center for Regional Studies, Frederick Community College COCNHP = C&O Canal National Historical Park Headquarters Library FCC = Frederick Community College Library FCPL = Frederick County Public Libraries HSFC = Historical Society of Frederick County INUAVC = Indiana University Audio-Visual Center LCOC = Library of Congress Online Catalog MDHS = Maryland Historical Society MSA = Maryland State Archives Library PS = Private Collection of Pepper Scotto UMD = University of Maryland WCFL = Washington County Free Library
Please see the Library Information page for addresses, phone numbers, and websites of the included libraries and locations. The list of locations given in the table is not comprehensive. Articles from local newspapers are NOT included in this bibliography. Please see "Newspaper" entries on the "Archives" page to find listings and descriptions of newspaper collections.

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184 Miles of Adventure: Hiker’s Guide to the C&O Canal. Hagerstown, MD: Baltimore Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, 1970.

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Anderson, Jim. “Cyclist’s Look at World Around C&O Canal: Biking Along Towpath Not Only Healthy but Rewarding.” The Sun [Baltimore, MD], 16 May 1971.

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Bacon-Foster, Corra. Early Chapters in the Development of the Patomac Route to the West. 1912. Reprint, New York: Burt Franklin, 1971.

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Baird, W. David. “Violence Along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 1839.” Maryland Historical Magazine 66, no. 2 (Summer 1971).

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Barnes, R. L. “The Magnificent Ditch.” Maryland Magazine, Summer 1971, 25-29.

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Barron, Lee, and Barbara Baron. Barron’s Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Directory. Sharpsburg, MD: Barron’s, 1972.

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Barton Dame, Inc. Best Bikes Routes in Maryland: A County by County Guide. [Baltimore?]: Blair L. Barton, 1991.

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Bear, Christopher T. Canals and Railroads of the Mid-Atlantic States, 1800-1860. Wilmington, DE: Eleutherian Mills, Hagley Foundation, 1981.

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Beck, Herman “B.” “The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal: 10 Part Series.” Mt. Airy News, 1991.

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Blackford, John. Ferry Hill Plantation Journal: Life on the Potomac River and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 4 January 1838 – 15 January 1839. Edited by Fletcher M. Green, Thomas F. Hahn, and Nathalie W. Hahn. 2 nd ed. Shepherdstown, WV: [American Canal and Transportation Center], 1975.

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Brown, Alexander Crosby. The Patowmack Canal: America’s Greatest Eighteenth Century Engineering Achievement. McLean, VA: Virginia Canals and Navigations Society, 1963.

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Brunswick : 100 Years of Memories. Brunswick, MD: Brunswick History Commission, 1990.

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“Brunswick Resident Recalls Life As It Was On Old C&O Canal.” The News [Frederick, MD], 14 January 1974.

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Brust, Lavenia Waskey. C&O Canal Memories. [196?]. Reprint, Jefferson, MD: Lander Community Association, 2001.

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“C&O Canal: A Towpath Tour.” Maryland Magazine 20, no. 3 (Spring 1988): 6-19.

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The C&O Canal: American History’s Greatest Walk. Maryland State Archives, C&O Canal Collection, 1996. Videocassette.

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Canals : Towpaths West. Pioneer Life Series. Produced by Indiana University Audio-Visual Center. 16 mm, 17 min. Bloomington: Indiana University, 1963. Also on videocassette.

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“Canals in Maryland.” Wheeler Leaflet on Maryland History, no. 12A. Maryland Grows With the Nation Series. Maryland Historical Society, n.d.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Acts of the States of Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania and of the Congress of the United States, in Relation to the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton, 1828.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Annual Report of the President and Directors. Serial. Washington, DC: n.p., 1829-[?].

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. By-Laws, Rules, and Regulations; in Force on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 1 st April, 1851, Together with the Rates of Toll and Distances from Place to Place, Forms of Way-Bill, Permit, &c., &c., &c. Frederick, MD: D. Schley and T. Haller (printer), 1851. MDHS WCFL LCOC

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Communication from George C. Washington, President of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. [Washington, DC?: n.p., 1839.]

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Communication from the President and Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, [to] the Governor of Maryland. [Annapolis?: n.p., 1845.]

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Communication from the President and Directors of the Cheapeake [sic] and Ohio Canal Company, to the Governor of Maryland. Annapolis: W. M’Neir (printer), 1842.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Communication of the President and Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. [Annapolis?: n.p., 1845.]

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. The Correspondence between the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Companies... in Relation to a Compromise of the Conflicting Claims of These Companies to the Left Bank of the River Potomac, between the Point of Rocks and Harper's Ferry or Williamsport. Washington, DC: Peter Force (printer), 1831.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Extracts from the Proceedings of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road Company and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company Respecting the Joint Construction of and a Canal and Sails along the Narrow Passes of the Potomac. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton (printer), 1833.

LCOC

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. First Annual Report of the President and Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, to the Stockholders, in General Meeting, June 1, 1829. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton (printer), 1829.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Forty-Fourth Annual Report of the President and Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company to the Stockholders, June 5 th, 1872 . Frederick, MD (Maryland Union Office): Charles Cole (printer), 1872.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Laws and Resolutions Relating to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Washington, DC: R. A. Waters (printer), 1855.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Laws Passed by the Legislature of Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, and of the Congress of the United States, in Relation to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. [Washington, DC?: n.p., 1828.]

LCOC

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Laws Relative to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Washington, DC: Way & Gideon (printer), 1827.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Memorial of a Committee of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, to the Legislature of Maryland. [Annapolis?: n.p., 1836.]

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Memorial.To the Honourable the [sic] General Assembly of Maryland. [Washington, DC?: n.p., 1836.]

LCOC

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Proceedings of the President and Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, and of the Corporations of Washington, Georgetown, & Alexandria, in Relation to the Location of the Eastern Termination of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton, 1828.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Proceedings of the President and Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, in Relation to the Present Condition of the Work on the Line of the Canal; and the Report of the Chief Engineer on the Consequences of a Suspension of the Work. Printed by Order of the Board. April, 1840. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton (printer), 1840.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Proceedings of the President and Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, on the Proposition of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road Company. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton (printer), 1832.

LCOC

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Proceedings of the Stockholders of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, at Their Adjourned General Meetings. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton, 1843.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Proceedings of the Stockholders of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, in Special General Meeting. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton, 1843.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Report from the Committee on Internal Improvement. Annapolis: G. & W. Johnston (printer), 1840.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Report from the President of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, to the Legislature of Maryland. Annapolis: Jonas Green (printer), 1831.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Report of a Committee of the Stockholders of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, Appointed to Investigate the Subject of Raising Funds to Complete the Canal to Cumberland. Washington, DC: n.p., 1842.

LCOC

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Report of the Committee Appointed on the 28 th April, 1832, by the Stockholders of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, on the Resolution of the General Assembly of Maryland, Relative to the Joint Construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road, between “Point of Rocks” and Harper’s Ferry. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton (printer), 1832.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Report of the President and Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, to the Stockholders, Specially Convened in General Meeting, April 22, 1835. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton, 1835.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Report of the President to the Board of Directors. Baltimore: n.p., n.d.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Report of the Probable Revenue of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, Made to the Baltimore Convention, December, 1834. [Baltimore?: n.p., 1834.]

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Report to the Stockholders on the Completion of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal to Cumberland, with a Sketch of the Potomac Company, and a General Outline of the History of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co., from its Origin to February. Frederick, MD: D. Schley and T. Haller, 1851.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Reports and Letters from the Engineers Employed in the Revised Location of the Western Section of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal: With Estimates of the Cost of the Same... In First Annual Report of the President and Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, to the Stockholders, in General Meeting, June 1, 1829. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton (printer), 1829.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Rules Adopted by the President and Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, for the Government of the Corps of Engineers. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton (printer), 1828.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Special Report of the President and Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, Submitting Certain Acts for the Acceptance of the Stockholders, in General Meeting Assembled, on the 29 th April 1845. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton (printer), 1845.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Special Report ofthe President and Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, to the Stockholders in General Meeting. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton (printer), 1837.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Special Report ofthe President and Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, to the Stockholders, on the Subject of Completing the Canal to Cumberland, &c. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton (printer), 1843.

LCOC

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Two Reports ofthe President and Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, on the Present State of the Finances of the Company, and an Extension of the Navigation of the Potomac to a Point Nine Miles above the Town of Cumberland, on a Plan Consistent with the Present Charter. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton (printer), 1832.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. General Committee. Report. N.p., n.d.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. General Committee. Report. Serial. [Washington, DC: n.p., 1829]-40.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. General Committee of the Stockholders. Report. Serial. 1828/29-1839/40. [Washington, DC: n.p., n.d.]

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company and Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company. Correspondence between the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, and the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company in Relation to the Disputes between those Companies Concerning the Right of Way for their Respective Works along the Potomac River. Baltimore: Wm. Woody (printer), 1830.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Convention. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton (printer), 1826.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Convention. Proceedings at a General Convention of Delegates, Representing Counties in Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia, Held in the City of Washington, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the 6th, 7th, and 8th, of Nov. 1823. Washington, DC: Washington Republican (printer), 1823.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Convention. Proceedings of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Convention, Which Assembled in the Capitol of the United States, in the City of Washington, on the Sixth Day of November, 1823, and Re-Assembled in the Same City on the Sixth Day of December, 1826. Prepared and Published Pursuant to a Resolution of the Convention. Washington, DC: Way and Gideon (printer), 1827.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Convention. Central Canal Committee. Report of the Central Committee of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Convention, Which Met in the City of Washington, on the 6th December, 1826: Acting under a Resolution of the Convention of Delegates Assembled in the Capitol of the United States, on the 16th day of November, 1823. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton (printer), 1826.

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The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal: As it is and as it Was. Sharpsburg, MD: C&O Canal Museum, Barron’s, [197?].

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Clague, William T. A Collection of Maps of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Washington, DC: American Youth Hostels, Potomac Area Council, 1963.

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Clark, Ella E., ed. “Life on the C&O Canal: 1859.” Maryland Historical Magazine 55 (June 1960): 82-122.

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Clark, Ella E., and Thomas Hahn, eds. Life on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, 1859. York, PA: American Canal and Transportation Center, 1975.

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Coates, Patricia Weil. “Biking a National Treasure: The C&O Canal Towpath.” Frederick Magazine (March 1992): 18-23.

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Cowan, John Pryor. Sometub’s Cruise on the C&O Canal: The Narrative of a Motorboat Vacation in the Heart of Maryland. [Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Print Co.]: J. P. Cowan, 1916.

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Davies, William E.The Geology and Engineering Structures of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. N.p., n.d.

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Drago, Harry Sinclair. Canal Days in America: the History and Romance of Old Towpaths and Waterways. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1972.

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Everstine, Carl N. The General Assembly of Maryland, 1776-1850. Charlottesville, VA: Michie Co., 1982.

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Feldstein, Albert L. Feldstein's Historic Washington County. Cumberland, MD: Commercial Video Services, 1992. 120 min. 1 videocassette.

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Fradin, Morris. Hey-ey-ey, Lock! Adventure on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Cabin John, MD: See-and-Know Press, 1974.

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Garrett, Wilbur E., ed. “George Washington’s Patowmack Canal: Waterway That Led to the Constitution.” National Geographic 171, no. 6 (June 1987).

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Grosh, Charles G. “The Aqueduct across the Monocacy River, near Frederick, Maryland.” Phi Mu initiation paper, University of Maryland, 1934.

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Gutheim, Frederick. The Potomac. New York: Rinehart and Company, 1949. Revised edition, New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1968.

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Guzy, Dan. "Down the Monocacy -- River Navigation and Canal Surveys in Frederick County, Maryland." Catoctin History no. 5 (Spring/Summer 2005): 33-41.  

Hadfield, Charles. The Canal Age. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1968.

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Hadfield, Charles. World Canals: Inland Navigation Past and Present. New York: Facts on File Publications, 1986.

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Hahn, Thomas F. The C&O Canal Boatmen, 1892-1924. Shepherdstown, WV: American Canal and Transportation Center, 1980.

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Hahn, Thomas F. S. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal: Old Picture Album. Shepherdstown, WV: American Canal and Transportation Center, 1976.

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Hahn, Thomas F. S. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal: Pathway to the Nation’s Capital. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1984.

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Hahn, Thomas F. S. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Lock-Houses and Lock-Keepers. Morgantown, WV: Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archaeology, 1996.

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Hahn, Thomas F. Towpath Guide to the C&O Canal, Section One: Georgetown (Tidelock) to Seneca. 2nd ed., rev. ed. York, PA: American Canal and Transportation Center, 1974.

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Hahn, Thomas F. S. Towpath Guide to the C&O Canal, Section Two: Seneca to Harpers Ferry. 1971. Reprint, Level Walkers of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Association and Potomac Area Council of American Youth Hostels, 1973.

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Hahn, Thomas F. S. Towpath Guide to the C&O Canal, Section Three: Harpers Ferry to Fort Frederick. 1972. Reprint, Shepherdstown, WV: American Canal and Transportation Center, [1977?].

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Hahn, Thomas F. S. Towpath Guide to the C&O Canal, Section Four: Fort Frederick to Cumberland. Shepherdstown, WV: American Canal and Transportation Center, 1978.

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Hahn, Thomas F. S. Towpath Guide to the C&O Canal: Georgetown (Tidelock) to Cumberland. Rev. comb. ed. Shepherdstown, WV: American Canal and Transportation Center, 1995.

PS MDHS (1988 edition) BRR (1977 edition)

Hahn, Thomas F. S., and Diana Suttenfield-Abshire. The C&O Canal: An Illustrated History. Shepherdstown, WV: American Canal and Transportation Center, 1981.

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Hahn, Thomas F. S., and Emory L. Kemp. Cement Mills Along the Potomac River. Monograph Series, vol. 2, no. 1. Morgantown, WV: Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archaeology, 1994.

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Hahn, Thomas F. S., and Orville W. Crowder. Towpath Guide to the C&O Canal, Section One: Georgetown (Tidelock) to Seneca. Level Walkers of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Association and Potomac Area Council of American Youth Hostels, 1971.

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Harris, Donald J. “Background and Development of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.” Term paper, University of Maryland, n.d.

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Harper, Luther Miller.“ Cumberland as a Gateway to the West: To 1875.” Phi Mu initiation paper, University of Maryland, 1930.

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Harvey, Katherine A. “The Civil War and the Maryland Coal Trade.” Maryland Historical Society Magazine 62, no. 4 (December 1967): 361-380.

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Harwood, Jr., Herbert H. Impossible Challenge II. Baltimore: Barnard, Roberts and Co., 1994.

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Here and There in Maryland: Fieldtrips. Maryland: Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Instructional Television, 1991. 2 videocassettes.

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High, Mike. The C&O Canal Companion. Rev. ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.

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Holland, Ross. “A Canal to Open the West.” Valleys of History 1, no. 2 (Summer 1965): 29.

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Hulbert, Archer Butler. The Great American Canals: The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Pennsylvania Canal. Vol. 13 of Historic Highways of America. 1902-1905. Reprint, New York: AMS Press, 1971.

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Kapsch, Robert J. “Benjamin Wright and the Design and Construction of the Monocacy Aqueduct.” In vol. 19 of Canal History and Technology Proceedings, edited by Lance Metz. Easton, PA: Canal History and Technology Proceedings, 2000.

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Kapsch, Robert J. Canals. New York: W. W. Norton, 2004.

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Kapsch, Robert J. “The Rehabilitation of the Monocacy Aqueduct of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park.” In International Conference Preservation of the Engineering Heritage: Gdańsk Outlook 2000. Gdańsk, Poland: Technical University of Gdańsk, 1999.

COCNHP WCFL

Kemp, Emory L., and Thomas F. S. Hahn. Canal Terminology of the United States. Morgantown, WV: Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archaeology, 1999.

Klitch, Ed. Reminiscing with Ed Klitch: Oral Interviews with Residents of Homewood Retirement Center, Conducted from February 27, 1983, to December 25, 1983 . Sound recording, 1983. 33 sound cassettes.

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Kytle, Elizabeth. Home on the Canal. Cabin John, MD: Seven Locks Press, 1983.

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Kytle, Elizabeth. “Life on the C&O.” Country, April 1984, 65.

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Larsen, Hal. “35 Years Ago!” Maryland Cracker Barrel 18 (April 1989): 18-19.

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Lebowitz, Samuel. “The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.” Phi Mu initiation paper, University of Maryland, 1925.

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Mackintosh, Barry. C&O Canal: The Making of a Park. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1991.

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Martin, Edwin M. A Beginner’s Guide to Wildflowers of the C&O Towpath. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1984.

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Maynard, Peter. The Water-Powered Flour and Grist Mills of the Brunswick Region. Brunswick, MD: Brunswick Historical Press, 2003.

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Mercer, Charles Fenton. Speech of Mr. C. F. Mercer, on the Subject of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Delivered in the Convention of Delegates, Held at the City of Washington, November 7, 1823 . Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton (printer), 1823.

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Meyer, Eugene L. “Travels Along the Canal: Goin’ Slow on the C&O.” National Geographic Traveler (n.d.): 84-93.

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Mulligan, Kate. Towns along the Towpath. Washington, DC: Wakefield Press, 1997.

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Nagy, Suzanne. Williamsport: A Canal Town. Research Basics, 1979.

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Nickens, Eddie. “Cargo of Tradition.” Historic Preservation (January/February 1993): 16-19, 85.

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Ogilvie, Philip Woodworth. Along the Potomac. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2000.

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Phillips, John T., II. The Historian’s Guide to Loudon County, Virginia. Vol. 1 of Colonial Laws of Virginia and County Court Orders, 1757-1766. Leesburg, VA: Goose Creek Productions, 1996.

LCOC PS (in part)

Rada, James. Canawlers: A Novel of the C&O Canal. Cumberland, MD: Legacy Publishing, 2001.

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Rada, James. Between Rail and River. Cumberland, MD: Legacy Publishing, 2003.

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Robb, Matthew. “Bike Trail.” Frederick Magazine, August 2001, 28-37.

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Rubin, Mary H. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2003.

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Sabatke, Mark D. Discovering the C&O Canal and Adjacent Potomac River. Rockville, MD: Schreiber Publishing, 2003.

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Sanderlin, Walter S. The Great National Project: A History of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1946.

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Schaun, George, and Virginia Schaun. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. The Greenberry Series on Maryland, vol. 2, no. 8. Annapolis: Greenberry Publications, [196?].

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Shaffer, Donald R. “We are again in the midst of trouble”: Flooding on the Potomac River and the Struggle for the Sustainability of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 1828-1996. College Park, MD: University of Maryland, 1997.

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Shaw, Elizabeth Faith. “The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.” Term paper, University of Maryland, n.d.

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Shaw, Ronald E. Canals for a Nation: The Canal Era in the United States, 1790-1860. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1990.

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Shosteck, Robert. Potomac Trail Book. Washington, DC: Potomac Books, 1968

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Sims, Diana J. “The C&O Canal.” Frederick Magazine, August 1990, 19-27.

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Snyder, Timothy R. “I hope they will get away soon”: The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Federal Authorities during the U.S. Civil War. Shippensburg, PA: Shippensburg University, 1999.

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Sober, Marvin. “The Chesapeake and Potomac Canal: Its Past and Future.” Term paper, University of Maryland, 1961.

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Springer, Ethel Maria, and Thomas F. Hahn. Canal Boat Children on the Chesapeake and Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York Canals. Shepherdstown, WV: American Canal and Transportation Center, 1977.

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Stanton, Richard L. Potomac Journey – Fairfax Stone to Tidewater. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993.

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Stinson, Byron. “The Canal Era.” American History Illustrated 7, no. 5 (August 1972): 4-11.

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Swift, William Henry, and Nathan Hale. Report on the present state of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal: the estimated cost of completing it to Cumberland, and the prospects of income to be derived from the transportation upon it of the coal and iron of the mines in Alleghany county; with estimates of the comparative cost of transporting coal by the canal, and by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Boston: Dutton and Wentwort (printer), 1846.

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Tuk, Jared. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal: A Guide to Locating and Identifying Resources Relating to the C&O Canal National Historical Park Cumberland Terminus, Cumberland, Maryland. J. Tuk, 1998.

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Walker, Julie Summers. “Lettie’s River.” Frederick Magazine, June 1995, 8-10.

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Ward, George Washington. The Early Development of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Project. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins Company, 1899.

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Ward, Isabel Robbins. “ Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.” Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, October 1964, 788-790.

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Warfield, Sandra K., comp. 1835-1839, “The Canal Years”: The Hagerstown Mail. Vol. 9 of An Index to Hagerstown Newspapers, prepared by Linda B. Clarke. Hagerstown, MD: Washington County Free Library, 1998.

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Warfield, Sandra K., comp. 1840-1844: “The Canal Years”: The Hagerstown Mail, Torch Light, and Public Advertiser. Vol. 10 of An Index to Hagerstown Newspapers, prepared by Linda B. Clarke. Hagerstown, MD: Washington County Free Library, 1998.

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Warfield, Sandra K., comp. A Newspaper History of Life in Washington County, 1820-1835: The Coming of the C&O Canal . Hagerstown, MD: Washington County Free Library, 1990.

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Washington, George. 1771-1785. Vol. 2 of The Diaries of George Washington, 1748-1799, edited by John C. Fitzpatrick. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1925.

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Washington, George. The Diaries of George Washington. Vol. 4 of The Papers of George Washington, edited by Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1978.

LCOC PS (in part)

“Waterways to Washington.” National Geographic Magazine 117, no. 3 (March 1960): 419.

Wetterer, Jan, transcriber. The Letters of the Jacob Miller Family of Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland. Hagerstown, MD: J. Wetterer, 1994.

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Williams, Thomas J. C. History of Frederick County, Maryland. 2 vols. 1910. Reprint, Baltimore: Regional Publishing, 1979.

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Wilstach, Paul. Potomac Landings. New York: Tudor Publishing, 1932.

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Wirt, William. Argument Delivered at Annapolis, by William Wirt, Esquire, Late Attorney General of the United States, before the Chancellor of Maryland, on the 19 th and 20 th Days of August, 1829, in Support of a Motion to Dissolve an Injunction Obtained by the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company against the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton (printer), 1830.

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Wolfe, George Hooper. I Drove Mules on the C&O Canal. Dover, DE: Dover Graphic Associates, 1969.

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Young, April L. “Saving the C&O Canal: Citizen Participation in Historic Preservation.” Master’s thesis, George Washington University, 1973.

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Zeller, Ellen Ardinger, comp. C&O Canal: [Scrapbook Containing Newspaper Clippings on Justice William O. Douglas’s 1954 Hike and Other Memorabilia]. Williamsport, MD: E. A. Zeller, [1954?].

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