Dismal Swamp Canal Company records, 1816-1871.

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Dismal Swamp Canal Company records, 1816-1871.

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Contains letters sent to the board, reports, security bonds, deed of mortgage, lists of stockholders, returns of tolls, and newspaper clippings.

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Library of Virginia

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SNAC Resource ID: 7147899

Library of Virginia

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Virginia. Board of Public Works

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Dismal Swamp Canal Company

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The Dismal Swamp Canal, which connects Chesapeake Bay and Albemarle Sound, was proposed as early as 1763 when George Washington and five associates formed the "Adventurers for Draining the Great Dismal Swamp." This company abandoned the project as economically unfeasible. In 1784, the Dismal Swamp Canal Company was created. On December 1, 1787, the Virginia Assembly passed an "Act for cutting a navigable canal ..." Digging of the canal finally began in 1793. Most of the work was don...