Cash received, 1836-1941.

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Cash received, 1836-1941.

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Financial record of revenue receipts obtained by the canal commissioners and trustees for land sales; tolls and lockages; land, waterpower, and ice leases; timber; stone; cement; loan subscription payments; and old equipment eases; timber; stone; cement; loan subscription payments; and old equipment (e.g., floor beams; spikes and nails; chain; boat poles; rope).

ledgers 53 volumes..25 cubic ft.

Illinois State Archive

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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...