Front matter

1788-1830

BY

Hazel Yearsley Shaw, A.B., 1907

THESIS

SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE

DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS

IN

HISTORY

IN THE

GRADUATE SCHOOL

OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

1908

THE OHIO RIVER TRADE 1788-1830

I.THE OHIO RIVER 1788-1811.

I.BOATS AND BOATMEN. II.ARTICLES OF TRAFFIC, AND PLACES WITH WHICH TRADE WAS CARRIED ON. III.EMIGRATION. GROWTH OF THE RIVER TOWNS.

II.THE OHIO RIVER 1811-1830.

I.THE COMING OF THE STEAM-BOAT. II.OTHER CRAFT OF THE PERIOD. III.ARTICLES OF TRAFFIC, AND PLACES WITH WHICH TRADE WAS CARRIED ON. IV.EMIGRATION. GROWTH OF THE RIVER TOWNS.