Research

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of statements of cargo on canal boats on which toll was not paid, kept by a Canal Toll Collector's Office, location not given. Each entry gives: clearance number; date; name of boat; home port; master's name; articles shipped; where from; where bound; weight of articles; miles traveled; rates; and tolls. There is no indication of how this volume came to the comptroller's office, but presumably it had to do with collection of accounts due.

A1080-99: This accretion consists of statements of cargo on canal boats traveling the Champlain Canal upon which tolls were levied. Each entry gives clearance number; date; name of boat; home port; master's name; articles shipped; where from; where bound; weight of the articles; miles traveled; rates; and tolls.