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Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of accounts relating to the Eastern Division of the Erie Canal and the Champlain Canal..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Canal Board

 

 

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This account book lists expenditures for construction of the Champlain Canal from Hudson River to Whitehall in New York State. The book presumably came into the possession of the Comptroller in his capacity as a member of the Canal Board. Each entry gives: contractor's name; brief description of work .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Canal Commissioners

 

 

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These booklets contain estimates submitted to the Canal Commissioners by the resident engineers for various improvements on Erie, Champlain, and Black River canal sections, locks, dams, docks and piers. Entries include location of improvement; quantity and value of material used; name of contractor; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of a volume of monthly summaries of payment for the improvement of sections of the Champlain, Erie, and Oswego Canals. The forms in this volume detail expenditures by various offices and the pupose of each payment..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). Canal Commissioners

 

 

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The maps in this series appear to have been created by the Office of Surveyor General in compliance with legislation of 1827 requiring a complete map and field notes. Most of the maps depict specific sections of the Erie Canal and show locks; bridges; railroad bridges across canals; locations of canal .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

New York (State). Canal Investigating Commission

 

 

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This series consists of instructions, specifications, profiles, cost estimates and accounts, correspondence, photographs, and other documents relating to proposed improvements to the Erie, Champlain, and Oswego Canals. The Canal Investigating Commission investigated work already done on enlarging and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Treasurer's Office

 

 

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These maps and plans show proposed improvements along the Hudson and Champlain Canal. They depict bridges; culverts; waste weirs; locks; dams; waterway profiles; property owners; lot sites; and streets of towns and cities bordering the canal..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

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New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund

 

 

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The Commissioners of the Canal Fund managed both revenues and debts associated with the development of the state's canal system. Subjects documented in this series include disbursement of funds, stock purchases, redemption of canal stock by individual stock holders, and the Erie Canal enlargement fund. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

9

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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This volume is a ledger accounts of Commissioners of the Canal Fund for Erie and Champlain Canal Fund and stock, and for stock of the Cayuga and Seneca, Crooked Lake, Chenango, Oswego, and Black River canals. There are also accounts with the Canal Commissioners, Superintendents of Repairs, and banks .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

Creator:

New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department

 

 

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Toll collectors submitted weekly statements of merchandise and produce shipped via the Erie Canal through the ports of New York, Albany, West Troy, and Waterford to the Comptroller. Statements give the quantities of merchandise (sugar, coffee, nails, iron, etc.) cleared to, and of produce (wheat, flour, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

11

Creator:

New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department

 

 

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This series consists of accounts of monies paid to contractors and others for construction, repair, and enlargement of the Erie and Champlain canals. Each account contains: name of contractor; number of contract; location of work (section or lock number); date; and amount of payment. Also included in .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

12

Creator:

New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department

 

 

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Canal commissioners were required to construct and maintain road and street bridges over the enlarged Erie Canal and to construct farm bridges to accommodate landowners. This series consists of releases, vouchers, receipts, title searches, parcel maps, and resolutions authorizing commutations to claimants .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Canal Commissioners

 

 

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These records document the operation of canals, including: rough tallies of cargo loaded on canal boat "Sovereign" at various ports; auditor's warrants for payments from Canal Fund through the Manhattan Company; and section contracts for enlargement of the Cayuga and Seneca canal, 1859; inventory of .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Canal Commissioners

 

 

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This series consists of accounts submitted by the Canal Commissioners for audit by the Comptroller's office. It includes original contracts made by the Commissioners for the Construction of the Erie and Champlain Canals with their locks, feeders, aqueducts, etc., accompanied by contractors' receipts .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives