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Arrival of the first boat traveling the Erie Canal...
Arrival of the first boat traveling the Erie Canal...
Item # 700688
November 12, 1825
NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Nov. 12, 1825 Near the back is an article: 'New York Canals" which takes over a full page and begins: "As was expected, the first boat from lake Erie arrived at New York on the 4th inst. She was convoyed by a fleet of steam boats, gaily dressed & decorated..." with much more (photos show portions). The first boat was the "Seneca Chief" and the article has much on the celebration of its arrival in New York City.
The Erie Canal was a monumental engineering effort that linked New York City with the Great Lakes, which did much for the transportation of both goods & people across what was then the most settled part of the country.
Much other news of the day including one beginning: "Indiana and Illinois are populating more rapidly, just now, than at any former period...".
Sixteen pages, 6 by 9 1/4 inches, very nice condition.
As noted in Wikipedia, this title: "...(was) one of the most widely-circulated magazines in the United States...Devoted primarily to politics...considered an important source for the history of the period."
Category: Pre-Civil War
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