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Scope and Content Note

These records are bound volumes of minutes of the Canal Commissioners. The volumes contain not only minutes of meetings but also maps, diagrams, drawings, tracings, decisions, petitions, correspondence, resolutions, contract lists, testimonies, depositions, affidavits, and newspaper clippings.

There are two books for the first volume of minutes. One appears to be the original minutes and the other a transcription. Volumes 1-5 and part of volume 6 contain the minutes of the Canal Commissioners. The bulk of volume 6 and the remaining volumes contain the minutes of the Superintendent of Public Works. These are not "minutes" in the true sense but more of a history of actions taken by the Superintendent (e.g. appointments made, contracts reviewed and awarded, etc.).