Inland Navigation Commission Erie Canal report

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{"value"=>"Inland Navigation Commission Erie Canal report"}

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{"value"=>"1811", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1811"}

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abstract

{"value"=>"This report documents the commission's exploration of possible routs for an inland canal connecting the Hudson River to Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. The document was presented to the New York State legislature in February 1811 and signed by commission members DeWitt Clinton, Simeon DeWitt, Thomas Eddy, Gouverneur Morris, William North, Peter Buell Porter, and Stephen Van Rensselaer. It was endorsed by the Senate on March 2, 1811"}

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1811

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1811

origination

{"value"=>"New York (State). Canal Commissioners", "type"=>"corpname"}

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1811

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{"value"=>"Inland Navigation Commission Erie Canal report, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

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.04 linear feet (1 volume)

date_start

1811

date_end

1811

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