In 1818 Josiah White, George F. A. Hauto, and Erskine Hazard were authorized by the Pennsylvania Legislature to make the Lehigh River navigable operating as the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. White in this pamphlet defends himself and his company against various charges, slow progress, excessive tolls, et cetera brought by certain coal speculators.

       This work by White is not in Rink, Technical Americana and is not in American Imprints, which does record a twelve-page work responding to these complaints entitled: To the committee on corporations of the Senate, American Imprints 17057, two locations. OCLC records two copies of this pamphlet.