Records, 1836-1863.

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Records, 1836-1863.

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Correspondence concerning construction, finances and maintenance of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. Also includes several bills, contracts and documents. Bulk of the correspondence is addressed to Joel Manning, Edward B. Talcott and David Leavitt. Other correspondents include J. B. Ford, Jacob Fry, William Gooding, Alfred Guthrie, Charles Oakley, Charles H. Ray, Robert Stuart and William Whaley.

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Ford, J. B. (John Baptiste), 1811-1903

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Fry, Jacob, 1799-1882.

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Ray, Charles H., 1821-1870.

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Gooding, William, b. 1803.

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Guthrie, Alfred, 1805-1882

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Engineer; instituted federal system of steamboat inspection. From the description of Letter : Chicago, [Ill.], to Isaac Strohm, 1861 Feb. 5. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 32483639 ...

Leavitt, Doreen

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Talcott, Edward B.

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Oakley, Charles, 1792-1849

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Illinois. Canal Commissioners

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Governing body for overseeing construction and maintenance of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, established 1823-1825, 1829-1833, 1835- 1917. From the description of Records, 1824-1825. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 34494684 From the description of Scrip, 1839, 1842. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 34494879 From the description of Correspondence, 1838-1846. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat reco...

Whaley, W. Gordon (William Gordon), 1914-1982

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Epithet: Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000259 William Gordon Whaley (1914-1982), botanist and admistrator at the University of Texas at Austin, where he served as botany professor (1946-1982) and department chairman (1948-1962); Director of the Plant (later Cell) Research Institute (1947-1979); Dean of the Graduate School (1957-1972); Ashbel Smith Professor of Cellular Biology (1972-1982). Bo...

Stuart, Robert, 1785-1848

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Stuart left Scotland at the age of 22 and was employed by the North West Fur Company and became a partner in Astor's Pacific Fur Company. He sailed from New York for the Columbia in 1810 on the Tonquin and traveled back in 1812-1813. He headed the upper Lake region of the American Fur Company, with headquarters at Micilimackinac, Michigan Territory (later known as Mackinac Island). He became active in community affairs and served as judge of the county court in 1825. In 1835 he moved to Detroit....

Manning, Joel, 1793-1869.

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Lawyer; secretary, Board of Commissioners, Illinois and Michigan Canal, 1836-1845; resident, Lockport, Illinois. From the description of Papers concerning Illinois and Michigan Canal scrip fraud, 1859-1860. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 34494875 ...