Canceled checks, 1856-1857.

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Canceled checks, 1856-1857.

Canceled checks from interest arrears payments to the $1.6 million canal construction loan (authorized by the General Assembly in 1843) subscribers include payment date; payee name; and payment amount.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7393642

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...