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Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
 
 
Abstract:  
The accounts and statements in this volume document work on the Erie Basin and slips in Buffalo. They provide information on the number, type, and cost of canal workers employed on the Western Division; estimated and actual costs for work done and remaining to be done on various canal sections; work .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

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Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
 
 
Abstract:  
This series consists of a copy of the State Canal Commissioners' report to the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate, as well as dock building permits in the Erie Basin in Buffalo. This report contains applications, communications, and permits dealing with the construction of wharves, docks, .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

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Creator:
New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
A1171
 
 
Dates:
1877,1879
 
 
Abstract:  
This series from the Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department consists of weekly statements of merchandise and produce shipped via the Erie Canal through Buffalo. Information includes quantity of general merchandise and of particularly commodities going west (sugar, coffee, nails, iron, crockery, .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

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Creator:
New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
A1135
 
 
Dates:
1858-1881
 
 
Abstract:  
Reports from the Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department include information on date; number and location of lock; number of boats passing east, west, north and/or south ,an affidavit that the report is correct. Also included are a few reports of the number of lock tenders employed on various .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

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Creator:
New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
 
 
Abstract:  
This series consists of deeds, mortgages, bonds, assignments and traced maps of lots in Buffalo. The land was conveyed to the Commissioners of the Canal Fund as collateral for two judgments against Thadeus W. Patchin, bankrupt, in 1874. In 1881 the Commissioners of the Canal Fund empowered the State .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives