Treasurer's reports, 1837-1842.

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Treasurer's reports, 1837-1842.

Quarterly, annual, semiannual, and special treasurer reports made to the canal commissioners deal with canal funds receipts and disbursements plus an 1837 contractor payment report. The reports are merely statistical statements of expenditures and disbursements containing few descriptive details.

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Illinois State Archive

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Illinois and Michigan Canal (Ill.)

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After the U.S. Congress granted nearly a hundred miles of public lands (between Lake Michigan and Illinois River headwaters) to the state of Illinois for canal construction (March 30, 1822), the General Assembly passed a canal bill (Feb. 14, 1923) establishing the Illinois and Michigan Canal Company. Following this company's failure, Congress donated Illinois land (March 2, 1827) "equal to one-half of five sections in width, on each side of the canal, reserving each alternate sectio...