<![CDATA[Opening of the Erie Canal]]> http://library.gc.cuny.edu/erie_canal/items/browse/tag/Contractors?output=rss2 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:41:17 +0000 sklein@gc.cuny.edu (Opening of the Erie Canal) Except for "fair use" as defined by copyright law, the images and information provided in this exhibit may not be produced in any form without permission from either the Eighteenth-Century Reading Room or the Seymour B. Durst Library. Zend_Feed http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Annual report of the canal commissioners, communicated to the legislature, Jan. 25, 1819.]]> http://library.gc.cuny.edu/erie_canal/items/show/392

Dublin Core

Title

Annual report of the canal commissioners, communicated to the legislature, Jan. 25, 1819.

Subject

Commissioners
Champlain Canal
Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828
Rensselaer, Stephen Van, 1764-1839
Erie Canal
New York (State)
Report
New York State Legislature
Route
Construction
Excavation
Embankment
Locks
Aqueducts
Contractors
Damages
Shipping
Expenditures

Description

Final page of a forty-six page annual report of the canal commissioners communicated to the legislature on January 15, 1819. This report was addressed to the New York State Legislature in obedience to the act entitled An act respecting navigable communications between the Western and Northern Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean which was passed on April 15th, 1817. The table shows a list of cases that had been approved for compensation for damages incurred to goods shipped along the canal line between Utica and the Seneca River in 1818. Total damages awarded were $1,686.
Status: Currently not held at Mina Rees Library.

Source

Excerpted from original publication: Annual report of the canal commissioners, communicated to the legislature, Jan. 25, 1819. Albany: Printed by J. Buel, Printer to the State, 1819. ACCESSION# 0407.F4.24; EC002

Date

1819

Type

SINGLE

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Annual report of the canal commissioners, communicated to the legislature, Jan. 25, 1819.
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Dublin Core

Title

Annual report of the canal commissioners, communicated to the legislature, Jan. 25, 1819.

Subject

Commissioners
Champlain Canal
Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828
Rensselaer, Stephen Van, 1764-1839
Erie Canal
New York (State)
Report
New York State Legislature
Route
Construction
Excavation
Embankment
Locks
Aqueducts
Contractors
Damages
Shipping
Expenditures

Description

Title page of a forty-six page annual report of the canal commissioners communicated to the legislature on January 15, 1819. This report was addressed to the New York State Legislature in obedience to the act entitled An act respecting navigable communications between the Western and Northern Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean which was passed on April 15th, 1817. Released before the completion of the canal, this document reports the progress, obstructions, and condition of the construction project.
Status: Currently not held at Mina Rees Library.

Source

Excerpted from original publication: Annual report of the canal commissioners, communicated to the legislature, Jan. 25, 1819. Albany: Printed by J. Buel, Printer to the State, 1819. ACCESSION# 0407.F4.24; EC001

Date

1819

Type

SINGLE

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Annual report of the canal commissioners, communicated to the legislature, Jan. 25, 1819.
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