Overview of the Records
Repository:
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
Summary:
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, oysters); and the quantity of produce going east (pork, beef, cheese, lard,
wool, wheat, corn, etc.) from western states and from Canada. The series is fragmentary.
Creator:
Title:
Weekly statements of canal shipments through Buffalo to or from other states
Quantity:
0.2 cubic feet
Inclusive Dates:
1877,1879
Series Number:
A1171
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