POTOMAC COMPANY
\pətˈə͡ʊmək kˈʌmpəni], \pətˈəʊmək kˈʌmpəni], \p_ə_t_ˈəʊ_m_ə_k k_ˈʌ_m_p_ə_n_i]\
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was chartered in 1784, with General Washington as president, for the purpose of connecting the Potomac valley with the West by means of a canal, and for general land improvement. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company succeeded it in 1828.
By John Franklin Jameson
