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News article in Herald of Freedom, 1850 - "The First Coal by Canal."

THE FIRST COAL BY CANAL.—We learn from the Cumberland Civilian that the canal boat Southampton, belonging to the transportation line of Messrs. McKaig, & Agnew, is now loading with coal from the mines of the Frostburg Coal Company at the wharf of the Maryland Mining Company, and will depart for Alexandria in a few days.