Vouchers for repair of Ox Bow break, Erie Canal, 1871.

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Vouchers for repair of Ox Bow break, Erie Canal, 1871.

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Vouchers dated at Perinton, Monroe County, request payment for labor, supplies, boarding costs, and other repair expenses. Accompanying the vouchers is a letter of W.W. Selye to Canal Commissioner John D. Fay. Laws of 1871 authorized the Canal Commissioners to expend money for repairs to breaks which interrupted navigation on the canals.

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New York (State). Dept. of Audit and Control.

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New York (State). Office of the Canal Commissioners.

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