@article{677505, note = {"The memorialists represent, that the distance of the port of Philadelphia from the sea, and the casualties to which vessels are exposed in the winter season, have rendered it necessary to erect and maintain piers in different parts of the river Delaware .."--p. [4].}, author = {Ross, William,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/677505}, title = {Letter from the secretary of the Treasury, accompanying his report on the memorial of sundry merchants and traders of the city of Philadelphia 13th April, 1798, committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. (Published by order of the House of Representatives.). [electronic resource] :}, publisher = {Printed by William Ross?,}, recid = {677505}, pages = {8p. ;}, address = {[Philadelphia :}, year = {1798}, }