James, E., Account, Early W. Travels, XIV., 63. In 1819-1820, James says, "The difficulty of establishing an indisputable title to lands has been a cause operating hitherto to retard the progress of settlement in some of the most fertile parts of the country of Ohio, and the inconveniences resulting from this source still continue to be felt. [522] Niles, Weekly Register, XXVIII., 161-162. [523] Ibid., XXIX., 147. Ibid., XXXVII., 165. [524] Ibid., XXIX., 422. February 25, 1826. [525] Ibid., XXXVI., 271. Ibid., XXXVI., 304. "Owing to the great influx of emigration, provisions of all kinds are very scarce." Latrobe, C. J., The Rambler, II., 221-222. Speaks of Illinois as "a country rapidly filling with settlers." Reynolds, J., My Own Times, 304. 1830 "For several years past, a strong tide of emigration has flowed in upon us. Its wilderness has been subdued; and thriving villages and cultivated farms are now scattered over its whole extent." [526] Niles, Weekly Register, XL., 141. Flint, T., History and Geography, I., 130. [527] Franchepain, Travels, 90-91. [528] Flint, J., Letters, Early W. Travels, IX., 86. Niles, Weekly Register, VI., 207. Says that 4,000 wagon loads of dry goods, groceries, etc., and 1,000 wagon loads of iron were received at Pittsburg in 1813. [529] Niles, Weekly Register, X., 371. Ibid., X., 231. Wagons with upwards of 3,500 pounds have reached Pittsburg in 13 days from Philadelphia. [530] Birkbeck, M., Notes, 29. Ibid., 128. The land carriage from Philadelphia to Pittsburg is from $7 to $10 per cwt. Fearon, H. B., Journey, 186,196. references to this trade. [531] Fearon, H. B., Journey, 186. Niles, Weekly Register, XIII., 116-117. "A merchant from Marietta, Ohio, has just left this city (New York) with several tons of goods (it being his second trip,) who takes them from Albany by way of Geneva and Hamilton on the Alleghany River, to his place in the State of Ohio. This gentleman is of opinion that goods can be transported from this place to Pittsburg for considerably less than they can be taken from Philadelphia over the mountains to Pittsburg." [532] Fearon, H. B., Journey, 205. "The state of trade is at present dull, but that there is a great deal of business done must be evident from the quantity of "dry goods" and "grocery stores", many of the proprietors of which have stocks as large as the majority of London retail dealers." Fordham, E. P., Travels, 75. [533] Niles, Weekly Register, XXVIII., 82. Birkbeck, M., Notes, 34.