New York (State). Surveyor General

Through an 1819 law the legislature appointed Governor DeWitt Clinton, Surveyor General Simeon DeWitt, Secretary of State John V.N. Yates, Senator Martin Van Buren, Edmund C. Genet, George Tibbits, and Townsend McCoun as commissioners to study and report to the legislature on navigation of the Hudson River.

From the description of Maps produced for the Commissioners to Report a Plan for Improving the Navigation of the Hudson River, 1820-1830, bulk 1820. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id: 79679979

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