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1118. CANAL, Panama.—[further continued].
With respect to the
Isthmus of Panama, I am assured by Burgoyne
* * * that a survey was made, that a canal
appeared very practicable, and that the idea
was suppressed for political reasons altogether.
He has seen and minutely examined the report.
This report is to me a vast desideratum, for
reasons political and philosophical.—
To Williiam Carmichael. Washington ed. ii, 397.
Ford ed., v, 22.
(P.
1788)
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