Erie Canal (N.Y.)
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Black River and Utica Railroad records
Correspondence between Samuel Case and John Thorn relating to subscriptions for stock to expand the Railroad to Lyons Falls, Lewis County, 1865-1866; work estimates for building and repair on the railroad; and other items on railroads and the enlargement of the Erie and Oswego Canals.
Cheever and McIntyre families papers
Clarence Babcock account books and miscellany
Culver Halsey & Co. letters : to H.D. Ives
Two letters from Culver Halsey & Co., Ithaca, New York to H.D. Ives, Havana, New York concerning Erie Canal lumber shipments via the canal boat "Lavina," July 9, 1846 and May 1, 1848.
Faass and Ford vs. State of New York records
Letters and legal documents in the contract dispute between F. Louis Faass and Daniel Ford, on the one hand, and the State of New York, on the other. Included are letters between the lawyers for the two sides of the dispute, detailed lists of the tasks contracted to be done and associated expenses, an "estimate of reasonable profits" under the contract, the claim filed by the plaintiffs with the state Board of Claims, and the brief for the claimants in the case.
John Greig papers
Correspondence; accounts of purchases, payments, and unsold lands; surveys; tax receipts, contracts, notes, bonds, deeds, powers of attorney; and maps and field notes of the New York Military Tract and city lots of Rochester and Ontario County, New York.
Joseph Baucus letters
Correspondence relating to the marketing of agricultural products, current prices, living conditions on river barges, and Erie Canal politics.
Kernan family papers
Letters, clippings, speeches, and miscellaneous items relating to the activities of the Kernan family of Utica. Also, included are genealogical records of the Hyde, Butler, Avery, and Clapp families.
Letters from New York State politicians
Routine notes and short letters from prominent politicians who hailed from New York State, including William Henry Seward, Oliver Phelps, and William C. Bouck. The letter from Bouck is addressed to A.C. Flagg, who was the New York State comptroller at the time (1837).