Early on plans for the Erie Canal...
THE COLUMBIAN FOR THE COUNTRY, New York, Dec. 7, 1811 Page 3 has some nice content concerning hopes: "...to explore the route of an inland navigation from the Hudson River to Lake Ontario and Lake Erie..." which includes a report from Knoxville concerning it.
Work on the Erie Canal would begin in 1817.
Four pages, very nice condition.
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COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Sept. 7, 1822
- Construction of the Erie Canal
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THE UNION, Philadelphia, Oct. 12, 1821
- Constructing the Erie Canal
- Albany to Buffalo, New York
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CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE AND JOURNAL & ZION'S HERALD, New York, Dec. 26, 1828 Page 3 has an article on "The Great Western Canal..." with is very descriptive of
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