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Report on the location and expense of a ship canal around Niagara Falls also, from the Illinois River to Lake Michigan : with a report of a select committee to the Assembly, April 14, 1834, relating to the connection from Oswego to the Hudson.

Title
Report on the location and expense of a ship canal around Niagara Falls [electronic resource] : also, from the Illinois River to Lake Michigan : with a report of a select committee to the Assembly, April 14, 1834, relating to the connection from Oswego to the Hudson.
Author
Roberts, N. S. (Nathan S.), 1776-1852.
Publication
New-York : At the Office of the Railroad Journal, 1834.
Supplementary Content
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Details

Additional Authors
  • Mercer, Charles Fenton, 1778-1858.
  • New York (State). Legislature. Assembly.
Description
16 p., [1] leaf of plates (fold.) : fold. map; 26 cm.
Subject
  • Canals > Illinois
  • Canals > New York (State)
  • Michigan, Lake
  • Illinois River (Ill.)
  • Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
  • Oswego River
  • Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
  • Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.)
Note
  • "Published in pursuance of a resolution of the Chamber of Commerce of New-York, passed September, 1834."
  • "The following report of N.S. Roberts, Esq. civil engineer, is collated from one made in January, 1826, for an association of gentlemen residing in Manchester and Lewiston ..."--P. [3].
  • Two columns to the page.
  • "Errata."--P. 16.
  • "Report of the select committee, on the petition of inhabitants of the county of Oswego."--P. 7-12.
  • Followed by a report by C.F. Mercer on "the expediency of affording some efficient aid to the state of Illinois, in the construction of a steamboat canal from Michigan to Illinois River ..."--P. 12-16.
  • Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
  • Sabin no. 55131.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 795891461
  • TGPSM11-B3543
Author
Roberts, N. S. (Nathan S.), 1776-1852.
Title
Report on the location and expense of a ship canal around Niagara Falls [electronic resource] : also, from the Illinois River to Lake Michigan : with a report of a select committee to the Assembly, April 14, 1834, relating to the connection from Oswego to the Hudson.
Imprint
New-York : At the Office of the Railroad Journal, 1834.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, 2012. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Local Note
Scanned copy imperfect: p. 13-14 out of order, follow p. 16.
Maritime.
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Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Mercer, Charles Fenton, 1778-1858.
New York (State). Legislature. Assembly.
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