Daniel Van Slyke papers

1795-1880

Daniel Van Slyke (1799-1831) was a civil engineer who worked on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Collection consists of correspondence, documents and scrapbook belonging to Van Slyke. Correspondence, 1822-1880, concerns his work on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, other business affairs and family and personal matters. Documents include 1795 deed for land in Onondaga County, New York, and 1833 certificate for judicial appointment in Cayuga County. Scrapbook contains accounts, 1807-1813, for purchase or sale of farm supplies, food, clothing, and labor; clippings of poems; and miscellaneous notes and accounts.