[Application seeking federal aid to construct the Erie Canal], 8 Oct. 1811.

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[Application seeking federal aid to construct the Erie Canal], 8 Oct. 1811.

Original printed and signed application addressed to David Holmes and accompanying manuscript exemplification addressed to President James Madison seeking federal aid for construction of the Erie Canal; both dated 8 Oct. 1811 and signed by Canal Commissioners Gouverneur Morris, DeWitt Clinton, Simeon DeWitt, William North, Thomas Eddy, Robert R. Livingston, and Robert Fulton. Included are engravings of full length portraits of Morris, Clinton, Livingston, and Fulton.

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