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Canals -- Pennsylvania.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Benjamin Chew letters

 Collection — Manuscript box 5 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065240297]
Identifier: 715
Scope and content

Correspondence of Chew, Jasper Cope, and Thomas Crossan about the leasing and management of Chew Lands in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and about the financial condition of the Lehigh Comapny, an association concerned with coal, mining, canal, and railroad interests.

Dates: 1823-1842.

Canvass White correspondence

 Collection — Manuscript box 5 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065240446]
Identifier: 822m
Scope and content

Correspondence between White and Pennsylvania's Board of Canal Commissioners concerning the Juniata Canal and the Pennsylvania Canal.

Dates: 1826-1829.

William Pierrepont White collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 399
Abstract

Correspondence, diaries, deeds, accounts, maps, surveys, pamphlets, statements, registers, bills, land contracts, inventories, cashbooks, indentures, minutes, and other records and papers reflecting the westward and southward movement of members of the White and related families.

Dates: 1728-1939.