| Visual Materials | Save | 1 | Title: | Whereas, at the meeting of the board of directors of the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal Company holden at Warren on the 18th day of June, A.D. 1840, it was unanimously resolved, that the completion of this important link in the great chain of public improvements, extending from the seaboard to all the great natural and artificial thoroughfares of the western and and [sic.] north-western states, should be celebrated on the line of the canal recently opened by said company, commencing on the 4th day of August next
| | | Creator: | Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal Company | | | | King, Leicester, 1789-1856 | | | Publication: | | | | Notes: | Signed: With much respect, your obed't serv'ts Leicester King, Jona. Sloane, Sebried Dodge, David Tod. | | | Call #: | O.481 | | | Extent: | 1 sheet ([1] page) ; 26 x 21 cm | | | Subjects: | Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863 | Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal Company -- Records and correspondence | Canals -- Ohio | Broadsides | Letters
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Visual Materials | Save | 2 | Title: | Dear Sir: the undersigned is collecting items and facts for a History of Our Early Lake Navigation, including the period from the first known voyage thereon of white men, down to the year A.D. 1851
| | | Creator: | Hurlbut, Henry H. (Henry Higgins), 1813-1890 | | | Publication: | | | | Notes: | At head: illustration of Ontario, caption: "Ontario. The first Steamboat on Lake Ontario. Built, 1816; commenced running in Spring of 1817." On verso: "Information wanted down to the year 1851. Name of sail or steam vessels; when, where and by whom built; size, capacity and description generally..." Signed: Respectfully and truly yours, Henry H. Hurlbut. | | | Call #: | O.472 | | | Extent: | 1 sheet ([1] page) ; illustration ; 25 x 18 cm | | | Subjects: | Great Lakes (North America) -- History -- Navigation | Michigan, Lake -- History -- Navigation | Broadsides | Letters | Business correspondence
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