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]