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- Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
- Call number
- MssCol 1509
- Physical description
- .04 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- Inland Navigation Commission Erie Canal report, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
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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Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328