AL draft, 1828 May 26 : Staatsberg, to an unknown correspondent.

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AL draft, 1828 May 26 : Staatsberg, to an unknown correspondent.

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Lewis recalls conversations with the late Gouverneur Morris at Ticonderoga and in Albany regarding the possibility of a waterway connecting the Hudson River with the Great Lakes. He recalls a meeting of himself, Morris, Clinton, and two others where the idea was formulated by Morris. It was under Governor Clinton that the Erie Canal was built.

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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