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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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31 | Gill, Valentine | Jefferson, Thomas | Valentine Gill to Thomas Jefferson, 12 April 1817 | 1817-04-12 | ...as an engineer surveying the route for the Champlain and Erie canals. Gill settled by 1819 in |
32 | Eddy, Thomas | Jefferson, Thomas | Thomas Eddy to Thomas Jefferson, 16 May 1817 | 1817-05-16 | Erie Canal [index entry] |
33 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | Isaac Briggs to Thomas Jefferson, 16 February 1816 | 1816-02-16 | ...worked as an engineer on a section of the Erie Canal, and when that was completed in 1819 he... |
34 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 24 January 1801 | 1801-01-24 | ...as chief engineer on the section of the Erie Canal from Rome to Utica, New York, which... |
35 | Jefferson, Thomas | Kosciuszko, Tadeusz (Thaddeus) Andrzej Bonawentura | Thomas Jefferson to Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 15 June 1817 | 1817-06-15 | Erie Canal [index entry] |
36 | Breese, Arthur | Madison, James | To James Madison from Arthur Breese, 11 April 1794 | 1794-04-11 | ...Enterprise in Inland Navigation: The Mohawk Route prior to the Erie Canal,” |
37 | Briggs, Isaac | Madison, James | To James Madison from Isaac Briggs, 16 May 1812 | 1812-05-16 | ...projects, including the construction of the Erie Canal (Ella Kent Barnard, “Isaac Briggs, A... |
38 | Gill, Valentine | Madison, James | To James Madison from Valentine Gill, 4 April 1817 | 1817-04-04 | ...as a draftsman on the construction of the Erie Canal. He published at least two maps, one... |
39 | Monroe, James | Madison, James | To James Madison from James Monroe, 5 February 1820 | 1820-02-05 | ..., 1825–28, he spearheaded efforts to construct the Erie Canal, which successfully opened in... |
40 | Williams, Nathan | Madison, James | To James Madison from Nathan Williams, 5 September 1806 | 1806-09-05 | ...of 1812, and was involved with the construction of the Erie Canal (Dwight H. Bruce, ed., |
41 | Riker, Richard | Madison, James | To James Madison from Richard Riker and Others, 28 … | 1826-04-28 | ...to commemorate the completion of the Erie Canal which unites the great Western Lakes... |
42 | Austin, Charles | Madison, James | To James Madison from Charles Austin, 30 August 1824 | 1824-08-30 | ...York, whom I met this Summer on the Erie Canal conveying 250 Bushels to a friend of mine... |
43 | Van Rensselaer, Stephen | Madison, James | To James Madison from Stephen Van Rensselaer, 4 … | 1823-02-04 | To the Gentlemen Residing in the Vicinity of the Erie Canal |
44 | Cambreleng, Churchill C. | Madison, James | To James Madison from Churchill C. Cambreleng, 22 May … | 1826-05-22 | ...gold medal, commemorating the opening of the Erie Canal, presented by the Corporation of the... |
45 | New York State Canal Commissioners | Madison, James | To James Madison from the New York State Canal … | 1811-10-08 | Erie Water West: A History of the Erie Canal, 1792–1854 |
46 | Joy, George | Madison, James | To James Madison from George Joy, 2 January 1822 | 1822-01-02 | ...), commenting on a book about the construction of the Erie Canal and on a volume of the |
47 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Madison, James | To James Madison from Horatio Gates Spafford, 25 … | 1822-11-25 | .... The Contractors on three half miles of the Erie Canal, have used 3 tons of cast-steel this... |
48 | Hubbard, Simeon | Madison, James | To James Madison from Simeon Hubbard, 12 July 1826 | 1826-07-12 | DeWitt Clinton was a primary proponent of the Erie Canal, which was completed in 1825. |
49 | Jefferson, Thomas | Morris, Gouverneur | Thomas Jefferson to Gouverneur Morris, 20 October 1816 | 1816-10-20 | promoted the construction of the Erie Canal |
50 | Jefferson, Thomas | Oram, James | Thomas Jefferson to James Oram, 29 February 1816 | 1816-02-29 | ...celebrating the completion of the Erie Canal, he was described as “the oldest printer in... |
51 | Madison, James | Rensselaer, Stephen Van | From James Madison to Stephen Van Rensselaer, 6 May … | 1824-05-06 | ...and Agricultural Survey of the District Adjoining the Erie Canal in the State of New... |
52 | Jefferson, Thomas | Riker, R. | From Thomas Jefferson to R. Riker, 8 June 1826 | 1826-06-08 | ...me, commemorative of the completion of the Erie canal. this great work will immortalize the... |
53 | Madison, James | Riker, Richard | From James Madison to Richard Riker and Others, 31 May … | 1826-05-31 | ...of Gold, commemorating the completion of the Erie Canal, presented in the name of the... |
54 | Jefferson, Thomas | Ticknor, George | Thomas Jefferson to George Ticknor, [before 6 June … | 1817-06-06 | Erie Canal [index entry] |
55 | Madison, James | Van Rensselaer, Stephen | From James Madison to Stephen Van Rensselaer, 11 … | 1823-02-11 | ...& agricultural survey of the vicinity of the Erie Canal. As far as my judgment extends, his... |
56 | Watson, Elkanah | Washington, George | To George Washington from Elkanah Watson, 10 February … | 1797-02-10 | ...New York took over the company as part of the Erie Canal project (see |
57 | Commissioners for the District of Columbia | Washington, George | To George Washington from the Commissioners for the … | ≈1793-03-11 | ...life working as chief engineer on the Erie Canal. Briggs wrote a letter to the... |
58 | Jefferson, Thomas | Watson, Elkanah | Thomas Jefferson to Elkanah Watson, 16 May 1820 | 1820-05-16 | Jefferson, Thomas; Opinions on; Erie Canal [index entry] |
59 | Briggs, Isaac | Isaac Briggs’s Account of a Meeting with Madison [1 … | 1820-11-01 | ...worked as an engineer on several canal projects, including the Erie Canal ( |