Found 3 collections related to Erie Canal (N.Y.)

The Samuel B. Ruggles Papers document the business and civic activities of the New York lawyer, real estate developer and public servant. The collection spans from 1801-1881 and consists of correspondence, financial records, land records, writings, miscellaneous papers and ephemera. These materials are a valuable source of information regarding politics, economic development, real estate and public works in 19th-century New York. There is also important material relating to American participation in the International Monetary Conference at the Paris Exposition of 1867 and the International Statistical Congress of 1869. less

Collection consists of records relating to the operations mainly in New York State of the New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad. Collection contains records, 1796-1969, of the New York Central (Buffalo East Lines) and the Pennsylvania Railroad (New York Zone) (chiefly files of the subsidiary Long Island Railroad which was absorbed in 1900). less

Perry G. Childs (1779-1835) was a New York state senator and a member of the Council of Appointment of the State of New York representing the Western District from 1819 to 1822. He practiced law in Cazenovia, N.Y. Collection consists of letters and petitions, 1811-1834, received by Childs as a state senator and member of the Council of Appointment. Topics include appointments to local offices in Western New York and New York City, and state and local political and legislative matters. Also, lists of appointees and nominees, 1821-1822, and notebook, 1822. less