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Mackinaw Island, port of entry, 74.

Marietta (O.), founded, 67-68; shipbuilding, 76; as port of entry, 77.

Maryland, Washington outlines trade routes for, 10; roads, 49, 53, 58-59; cotton grown in, 85; Cumberland Road, 119; canals, 136, 144; Canal Company formed, 145; see also Baltimore.

Massac, Fort (Ill.), port of entry, 74; 75, 77; Baily at, 93.

Massachusetts, Old Bay Path, 16; roads, 44, 54-55.

Mauch Chunk (Penn.), coal from, 40.

Maynard and Morrison, trade with Illinois, 66.

Menard, fur trader, 186.

Mercer quoted, 148.

Miami Canal, 159.

Michigan, growth of population, 116, 156; plan for Erie Canal funds from sale of land in, 117, 125; development, 164; "Toledo War," 164-165; minerals, 165.

Michigan (lake steamer), 168.

Milwaukee, demand for transportation facilities, 164; harbor improvement, 169.

Minnesota, development, 164.

Mirror, New York, prints The Hunters of Kentucky, 62.

Mississippi cotton exports, 180.

Mississippi River, Washington's vision of navigation on, 12;

French on, 20; importance to commerce, 160; canal to connect with Lake Michigan, 161, 163; navigation, 176 et seq.; eccentricities, 177, 183.

Missouri, influence of river trade on, 180; admitted as State, 187.

Missouri River, navigation on, 186, 187, 188.

Mohawk River, route through Appalachians, 16.

Mohawk Trail, 16.

Mohawk Turnpike, 16.

Mohawk Valley, Washington and, 7.

Monongahela Farmer (ship), 76.

Monroe, James, Fulton writes to, 107, 110, 112; recommends congressional aid for canals, 145.

Montreal, furs brought to, 20; rival of New York City, 125, 126.

Moody, John, The Railroad Builders, cited, 157 (note).

Morey, Samuel, inventor of stern-wheeler, 104, 109, 110.

Morgantown (Penn.), growth of, 26.

Morris, Gouverneur, of New York, 31, 36.