1To George Washington from the Commissioners for the District of Columbia, 11–12 March 1793 (Washington Papers)
...life working as chief engineer on the Erie Canal. Briggs wrote a letter to the...
2To James Madison from Arthur Breese, 11 April 1794 (Madison Papers)
...Enterprise in Inland Navigation: The Mohawk Route prior to the Erie Canal,”
3To George Washington from Elkanah Watson, 10 February 1797 (Washington Papers)
...New York took over the company as part of the Erie Canal project (see
4To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 24 January 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
...as chief engineer on the section of the Erie Canal from Rome to Utica, New York, which...
5To Thomas Jefferson from DeWitt Clinton, 14 September 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
...1825 he led the celebration upon the completion of the Erie Canal (
6To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Eddy, 9 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
...the appointment of an engineer to oversee construction of the Erie Canal (
7To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Moore, with Jefferson’s Note, 21 June 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
...and Innovation in the Response to the Erie Canal in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Boston...
8To Thomas Jefferson from Jesse Hawley, 2 November 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
...as one of the founding fathers of the Erie Canal. He later served in the New York...
9From James Madison to Thomas Eddy, 10 March 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
...code. He helped DeWitt Clinton with the Erie Canal project, was an active supporter of...
10To James Madison from Nathan Williams, 5 September 1806 (Madison Papers)
...of 1812, and was involved with the construction of the Erie Canal (Dwight H. Bruce, ed.,
11Peter B. Porter to Thomas Jefferson, 25 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Erie Canal [index entry]
12Theodorus Bailey to Thomas Jefferson, 18 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Erie Canal [index entry] maps; of projected Erie Canal [index entry]
13Theodorus Bailey to Thomas Jefferson, 2 April 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Erie Canal [index entry] maps; of projected Erie Canal [index entry]
14Theodorus Bailey to Thomas Jefferson, 2 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Erie Canal [index entry] maps; of projected Erie Canal [index entry]
15To James Madison from the New York State Canal Commissioners, 8 October 1811 (Madison Papers)
Erie Water West: A History of the Erie Canal, 1792–1854
16To James Madison from Isaac Briggs, 16 May 1812 (Madison Papers)
...projects, including the construction of the Erie Canal (Ella Kent Barnard, “Isaac Briggs, A...
17Isaac Briggs to Thomas Jefferson, 16 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
...worked as an engineer on a section of the Erie Canal, and when that was completed in 1819 he...
18Thomas Jefferson to James Oram, 29 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
...celebrating the completion of the Erie Canal, he was described as “the oldest printer in...
19Thomas Jefferson to Gouverneur Morris, 20 October 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
promoted the construction of the Erie Canal
20DeWitt Clinton to Thomas Jefferson, 27 March 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Clinton, DeWitt; and Erie Canal [index entry] Erie Canal [index entry]
21To James Madison from Valentine Gill, 4 April 1817 (Madison Papers)
...as a draftsman on the construction of the Erie Canal. He published at least two maps, one...
22Valentine Gill to Thomas Jefferson, 12 April 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
...as an engineer surveying the route for the Champlain and Erie canals. Gill settled by 1819 in
23Thomas Jefferson to DeWitt Clinton, 14 April 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Clinton, DeWitt; and Erie Canal [index entry] Erie Canal [index entry]
24Elkanah Watson to Thomas Jefferson, 24 April 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
...supporter of the construction of the Erie Canal and the movement to establish local...
25DeWitt Clinton to Thomas Jefferson, 25 April 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Clinton, DeWitt; and Erie Canal [index entry] Erie Canal [index entry]
26Isaac Briggs to Thomas Jefferson, 9 May 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Briggs, Isaac; and Erie Canal [index entry] Clinton, DeWitt; and Erie Canal [index entry]
27Isaac Briggs to Thomas Jefferson, 15 May 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
of a section of the Erie Canal, for the Erie Canal while
28Thomas Eddy to Thomas Jefferson, 16 May 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Erie Canal [index entry]
29Thomas Jefferson to Isaac Briggs, 18 May 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Briggs, Isaac; and Erie Canal [index entry] Erie Canal [index entry]
30Isaac Briggs to Thomas Jefferson, 21 May 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Briggs, Isaac; and Erie Canal [index entry] Clinton, DeWitt; and Erie Canal [index entry]
31Thomas Jefferson to George Ticknor, [before 6 June 1817] (Jefferson Papers)
Erie Canal [index entry]
32Thomas Jefferson to Alexander von Humboldt, 13 June 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Erie Canal [index entry]
33Thomas Jefferson to Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 15 June 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Erie Canal [index entry]
34Tadeusz Kosciuszko to Thomas Jefferson, 15 September 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Erie Canal [index entry]
35Isaac Briggs to Thomas Jefferson, 17 November 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Briggs, Isaac; and Erie Canal [index entry] Erie Canal [index entry]
36To James Madison from James Monroe, 5 February 1820 (Madison Papers)
..., 1825–28, he spearheaded efforts to construct the Erie Canal, which successfully opened in...
37William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 27 March 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
was the Erie Canal.
38To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 12 May 1820 (Jay Papers)
...company began construction in 1817 on the Erie Canal after the sale was completed by a...
39Thomas Jefferson to Elkanah Watson, 16 May 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Jefferson, Thomas; Opinions on; Erie Canal [index entry]
40Isaac Briggs’s Account of a Meeting with Madison [1 November 1820] (Madison Papers)
...worked as an engineer on several canal projects, including the Erie Canal (
41Maria Jay Banyer to Peter Augustus Jay, 27[–28] June 1821 (Jay Papers)
...tourist route through Upstate New York, the Erie Canal route to Niagara Falls. The post...
42William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 12 November 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
was the Erie Canal.
43To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 22 November 1821 (Jay Papers)
The Erie Canal. See also ...politician, Convention delegate, Erie Canal Commissioner (1816...
44To James Madison from George Joy, 2 January 1822 (Madison Papers)
...), commenting on a book about the construction of the Erie Canal and on a volume of the
45To James Madison from Horatio Gates Spafford, 25 November 1822 (Madison Papers)
.... The Contractors on three half miles of the Erie Canal, have used 3 tons of cast-steel this...
46To John Adams from Elkanah Watson, 17 December 1822 (Adams Papers)
correct Map of the rout of the Erie Canal extant—On that account it is valuable—It contains also...
47To James Madison from Stephen Van Rensselaer, 4 February 1823 (Madison Papers)
To the Gentlemen Residing in the Vicinity of the Erie Canal
48From James Madison to Stephen Van Rensselaer, 11 February 1823 (Madison Papers)
...& agricultural survey of the vicinity of the Erie Canal. As far as my judgment extends, his...
49From James Madison to Stephen Van Rensselaer, 6 May 1824 (Madison Papers)
...and Agricultural Survey of the District Adjoining the Erie Canal in the State of New...
50To James Madison from Charles Austin, 30 August 1824 (Madison Papers)
...York, whom I met this Summer on the Erie Canal conveying 250 Bushels to a friend of mine...