Weekly statements of canal shipments through Buffalo to or from other states A1171

Weekly statements of canal shipments through Buffalo to or from other states

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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:

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

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

Scope and Content Note

Weekly statements of merchandise and produce shipped via the Erie Canal through Buffalo were submitted by the toll collector there to the Comptroller.

Columns of figures give the quantity of general merchandise charged at rate of one mill and of particular commodities (like sugar, coffee, nails, iron, crockery, oysters) going west; and the quantity of produce going east (pork, beef, cheese, lard, wool, wheat, corn, etc.) from western states and from Canada. The series is framentary; not all weekly reports are present even for years 1877 and 1879. Toll collectors were required to submit reports of traffic yearly and as requested by the Comptroller, by a law of 1826.