Erie Canal; New York (State); Troy; Canal route; Campbell, Allan, 1815-1894; Commissioners; Enlargement; Committee of the Common Council of the city of Troy; Report
Title page of a thirty-six page report of the Committee of the Common Council of the city of Troy. By 1836, the development and economies of cities along the canal route had come to depend on the Erie Canal and its revenue. A proposal made for the...
Erie Canal; New York (State); Troy; Canal route; Campbell, Allan, 1815-1894; Commissioners; Enlargement; Committee of the Common Council of the city of Troy; Report
Page 33 of a thirty-six page report of the Committee of the Common Council of the city of Troy. This page summarizes and highlights the benefits to Troy of routing the canal through that city.
Erie Canal; New York (State); Land sale; Advertisement.
Advertisment for New York Canal Lands on Sale that appeared on March 6, 1824 in the New-York American. Two hundred thousand acres were offered for sale on or near the intended route of the Erie Canal, anticipating accessibility by water "as soon as...
Erie Canal; New York (State); Troy; Canal route; Campbell, Allan, 1815-1894; Commissioners; Committee of the Common Council of the city of Troy; Report Enlargement;Erie Canal; New York (State); Troy; Canal route; Campbell, Allan, 1815-1894;...
Page 34 of a thirty-six page report of the Committee of the Common Council of the city of Troy. This page summarizes and highlights the devastating consequences to Troy if the canal were re-routed to bypass the city.
New-York African Free-School; American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the African Race; Abolitionists--New York (State)--New York--Societies, etc.; African Americans--Education--New York...
New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, commonly known as the New-York Manumission Society, was established 1785 to publicly promote the abolition of slavery and manumission of slaves in New York State. The society, which was...
The collection includes three volumes, correspondence, and documents, 1768-1803, related to English abolitionist and reformer Granville Sharp. The first volume contains copies of letters and related documents, 1768-1773, sent to Granville Sharp,...
Photocopy of letter written by Juliana Force to Mrs. Cornelia Sage, dated February 6, 1928. Mention of the sales of artworks by Watson, Speicher, and Shnakenberg.
