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Milwaukee

The number of arrivals of steamboats, and other vessels, at Milwaukee, were noted by persons interested in such matters during five or six years; since which the number has increased very considerably

[Table of steamboat arrivals]

An appropriation was made by Congress at the session of 1842-3, for the construction of a harbor at Milwaukee, and considerable progress has been made in the work. When this is completed the largest steamboats can enter the river and land at any of the [whares?] within the town.

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