Miscellaneous canal manuscripts, 1802-1964.

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Miscellaneous canal manuscripts, 1802-1964.

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Includes account books, advertisements, bills, broadsides, bonds, catalogs, contracts, deeds, diaries, lists, mortgages, patents, payrolls, permits, petitions, receipts, reports, and stocks. Of note are account books of the Great Western Turnpike Road Company, 1817-1820, of James Geddes, engineer on the Champlain Canal, 1820, and of William Jerome, engineer on the Oswego Canal, 1820-1826; business letters concerning salt industry, property damage caused by canals, boats, canal construction, and shipping; correspondence of Canal Commissioner's office, canal collectors, and engineers; personal correspondence concerning business, travel, and working on canals, including letters from A.J. Wood and William H. Roosa; diaries of George Bischof discussing work on the Erie Canal, 1887-1888, and of Albert A. Bartz on canal travel, 1906-1907; letters, maps, and clippings concerning the Chenango Canal Towpath, 1927-1964; contracts, receipts, estimates, and correspondence of John A. Dodge and E.B. Morgan concerning the Erie Canal enlargement, 1850's; and a sales booklet of photographs and drawings of Dr. Jermar's hydrostatic weirs, 1934.

3.5 cubic ft.

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Erie Canal Museum (Syracuse, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: Canal history and related local history. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155453162 ...

Roosa, William Harrison.

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Dodge, John A.

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The office of the state agent and commissary of stores was created by an ordinance passed by the third revolutionary convention on August 21, 1775. In 1777 the office was divided, and different persons were appointed state agent and commissary of stores. William Armistead, who served as commissary of stores until the office was discontinued in February 1782, was responsible for the storage and distribution of supplies acquired by the state agent's office for the troops in the Illinois country, i...

Morgan, Edwin Barber, 1806-1881

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U.S. Army Civil War leader and Congressman. From the description of Papers, 1806-1881. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36587218 Merchant, philanthropist. From the description of Edwin B. Morgan papers, 1847-1873. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155442163 U.S. representative from New York and businessman. From the description of Collection, 1857-1866. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454620 Wh...

Great Western Turnpike Road Company.

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Bartz, Albert

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Jerome, William T. Iii

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Wood, A. J.

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New York (State). Canal Commissioner.

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Geddes, James W.

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Bischof, George.

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