<![CDATA[Opening of the Erie Canal]]> http://library.gc.cuny.edu/erie_canal/items/browse/tag/Hudson+River?output=rss2 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:38:21 +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[Advantages of the proposed canal from Lake Erie, to Hudson's River, fully illustrated in a correspondence between the Hon. Gouverneur Morris, and Robert Fulton, Esq.]]> http://library.gc.cuny.edu/erie_canal/items/show/364

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Title

Advantages of the proposed canal from Lake Erie, to Hudson's River, fully illustrated in a correspondence between the Hon. Gouverneur Morris, and Robert Fulton, Esq.

Subject

Hudson River
Correspondence
Revenue
New York (State)
Erie Canal
Pamphlet
Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816.
Fulton Robert 1765-1815.
Expenditures/Expenses
Tolls
Construction

Description

Page twelve of the pamphlet consisting of a letter written by Robert Fulton to Gouverneur Morris dated February 22d, 1814 with the response by Morris dated March 3, 1814. Fulton and Morris, both supporters of the canal, exchanged letters on the subject of the canal. In response to Fulton's letter, Morris replies that The great vivifying principle on which that nations' wealth and powere depend, that every thing which saves labor rewards labor.

Source

Excerpted from original publication: Advantages of the proposed canal from Lake Erie, to Hudson's River, fully illustrated in a correspondence between the Hon. Gouverneur Morris, and Robert Fulton, Esq. n.i.:[1814?]. ACCESSION # 2258; EC0020

Date

[1814?]

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SINGLE

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Advantages of the proposed canal from Lake Erie, to Hudson&#039;s River, fully illustrated in a correspondence between the Hon. Gouverneur Morris, and Robert Fulton, Esq.
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Dublin Core

Title

Advantages of the proposed canal from Lake Erie, to Hudson's River, fully illustrated in a correspondence between the Hon. Gouverneur Morris, and Robert Fulton, Esq.

Subject

Hudson River
Correspondence
Revenue
New York (State)
Erie Canal
Pamphlet
Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816.
Fulton Robert 1765-1815.
Expenditures/Expenses
Tolls
Construction

Description

Page ten of the pamphlet consisting of a letter written by Robert Fulton to Gouverneur Morris dated February 22d, 1814 with the response by Morris dated March 3, 1814. Fulton and Morris, both supporters of the canal, exchanged letters on the subject of the canal. Advocating the use of tolls along the route, Fulton suggested that the imposition of tolls along the canal route would be profitable to New York State. He calculated the canal would yield a profit of $5,000,000 per year for New York State.

Source

Excerpted from original publication: Advantages of the proposed canal from Lake Erie, to Hudson's River, fully illustrated in a correspondence between the Hon. Gouverneur Morris, and Robert Fulton, Esq. n.i.:[1814?]. ACCESSION # 2258; EC0019

Date

[1814?]

Type

SINGLE

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Advantages of the proposed canal from Lake Erie, to Hudson&#039;s River, fully illustrated in a correspondence between the Hon. Gouverneur Morris, and Robert Fulton, Esq.
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