Papers, 1803-1889.

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Papers, 1803-1889.

Papers include correspondence and personal accounting papers. Among these personal papers are deeds, legal papers, bonds, agreements, and other business papers. The collection includes material relating to the Chemung Canal; the Cumberland and Oxford Canal; the Douglass Ditch and Erie Canal enlargement; the Hudson River Railroad; the Oswego and Syracuse Railroad; the Black River; the Sullivan Swamp; the bridge at Fort Plain, N.Y.; and the Great Swamp in Madison County, N.Y.

2 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6712762

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Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886

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Horatio Seymour (May 31, 1810 – February 12, 1886) was an American politician. He served as Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 1868 presidential election. Born in Pompey, New York, Seymour was admitted to the New York bar in 1832 but primarily focused on managing his family's business interests. After serving as a military secretary to Governor William L. Marcy, Seymour won election to the New York State Assem...

Hutchinson, Holmes, 1794-1865

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Civil engineer from Utica, N.Y. Hutchinson served as an engineer on the Erie Canal and served as its chief engineer from 1835 to 1841. He also owned a large amount of land in Oneida County, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1803-1889. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122434132 Holmes Hutchinson of Utica, New York, was a tutor for Franklin A. Hudson, son of Silas F. Hudson. Hutchinson travelled annually, 1844-1851, to the Hudson's sugar plantation at Bayou Goula, Louisiana, ...

Smith, Gerritt, 1797-1874.

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