Records, 1843-1868.

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Records, 1843-1868.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58772242

Records, 1843-1867. They contain reports, accounts, bills, maps, correspondence, etc., some antedating the period of the Commissioners' activity, as well as a volume of minutes, concerning improvements to the navigability of the Hudson River, particularly in 1867 between Troy and New Baltimore, where dykes were built or repaired, and expenses incurred for surveys, dredging, towing, purchases of pilings, etc. There is discussion of the construction of a ship canal to Albany. Some of the correspondence about the work addresses members of the Army Corps of Engineers. There are also some legal documents and newspaper clippings relating to the Hudson River Day Line and other steamship companies.

0.4 linear feet (ca. 78 items)

New-York Historical Society

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Van Santvoord, Alfred.

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Hudson River Day Line

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United States. Army. Corps of Engineers

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The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is an engineer formation of the United States Army that has three primary mission areas: engineer regiment, military construction, and civil works. The day-to-day activities of the three mission areas are administered by a lieutenant general known as the commanding general/chief of engineers. The chief of engineers commands the engineer regiment, composed of combat engineer army units, and answers directly to the chief of staff of the army. Comba...

New York (State). Commissioners for the Improvement of the Hudson River.

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Commissioners appointed by an Act of 1863, with continuations in subsequent years; Alfred Van Santvoord was Secretary and Treasurer of the Commissioners. From the description of Records, 1843-1868. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58772242 ...