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Description
Original printed and signed application addressed to David Holmes, governor of the Mississippi Territory, and accompanying manuscript exemplification addressed to President James Madison seeking federal aid for construction of the Erie Canal; both are dated 8 Oct. 1811 and signed by Canal Commissioners Gouverneur Morris, DeWitt Clinton, Simeon DeWitt, William North, Thomas Eddy, Robert R. Livingston, and Robert Fulton. Included are engravings of full length portraits of Morris, Clinton, Livingston, and Fulton.
PID
nyhs:237270
NYHS Identifier
Mss Collection -- BV Morris, Gouverneur
Genre
Owning Institution
Type
Subject (Name)
Subject (Geographic)
Full Title
[Application seeking federal aid to construct the Erie Canal], 8 Oct. 1811
Contributor
Digital Format
Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Date Created
1811-October-08
Extent
1 slipcase (4 p.)
