[Diary describing a tour of inspection of the commissioners appointed in 1810, to examine into the navigation of the western parts of the state of New York between the Hudson River and Lakes Ontario and Erie], 1810 June 30-July 16.

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[Diary describing a tour of inspection of the commissioners appointed in 1810, to examine into the navigation of the western parts of the state of New York between the Hudson River and Lakes Ontario and Erie], 1810 June 30-July 16.

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John Hartshorne Eddy's ms. diary, June 30-July 16, 1810, kept while accompanying his father and other New York state commissioners on their exploration of a canal route to Lake Erie via Lake Ontario.

1 v. (133 p.) ; 18 cm.

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Reformer, assisted in drafting legislation for N.Y. State penitentiary system; assisted N.Y. State Governor DeWitt Clinton in developing the Erie Canal; a founder of the Bloomingdale Asylum for the Insane; and the New York House of Refuge. From the description of Letter, 1803 April 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122364402 Reformer. From the description of Thomas Eddy letter, 1810. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009888 ...

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Geographer and botanist. The son of Thomas Eddy, a New York state prison reformer and canal promoter, John Hartshorne Eddy lost his hearing at age 12, but still was able to pursue intensive scientific studies at Columbia. In 1810 he joined his father, DeWitt Clinton, and several other commissioners apppointed by New York state on their examination of the Lake Ontario route for a canal to Lake Erie. Before his 1817 death, Eddy published several maps of the New York region...