Daniel Van Slyke papers 1795-1880

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Daniel Van Slyke papers 1795-1880

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Daniel Van Slyke (1799-1831) was a civil engineer who worked on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Collection consists of correspondence, documents and scrapbook belonging to Van Slyke. Correspondence, 1822-1880, concerns his work on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, other business affairs and family and personal matters. Documents include 1795 deed for land in Onondaga County, New York, and 1833 certificate for judicial appointment in Cayuga County. Scrapbook contains accounts, 1807-1813, for purchase or sale of farm supplies, food, clothing, and labor; clippings of poems; and miscellaneous notes and accounts.

.5 linear foot (1 box, 1 v.)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company

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Now a national park, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was once a major transportation artery that ran parallel to the Potomac River from Cumberland, Maryland, to Georgetown in the District of Columbia. The canal operated from the mid-nineteenth century into the 1930s and was used primarily for the transportation of coal and bulk agricultural products. These products, produced in the inland regions of the developing nation, were vital to the continuing prosperity of Tidewater cities and...

Van Slyke family

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Van Slyke, Daniel, 1799-1831.

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Daniel Van Slyke (1799-1831) was a civil engineer who worked on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. From the description of Daniel Van Slyke papers, 1795-1880. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 86164327 From the guide to the Daniel Van Slyke papers, 1795-1880, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...