1From James Madison to Thomas Eddy, 10 March 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
...to philanthropy, particularly in the area of prison reform, and spent more than twenty-five years working for the reform of New York prisons and penal code. He helped DeWitt Clinton with the Erie Canal project, was an active supporter of the New York Hospital, and a founder of the Bloomingdale Hospital for the Insane. A founder of a free school for poor children, the House of Refuge, the...
2From James Madison to Stephen Van Rensselaer, 11 February 1823 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your favor of the 4th. inst. inclosing the address of Mr. Eaton relating to a geological & agricultural survey of the vicinity of the Erie Canal. As far as my judgment extends, his instructions are ably drawn up, & give an adequate scope to the researches & observations most likely to be scientifically and practically useful. In the execution of the task objects not...
3From James Madison to Stephen Van Rensselaer, 6 May 1824 (Madison Papers)
A Geological and Agricultural Survey of the District Adjoining the Erie Canal in the State of New York …
4From James Madison to Richard Riker and Others, 31 May 1826 (Madison Papers)
I have duly received your letter of April 28th. and with it a Medal of Gold, commemorating the completion of the Erie Canal, presented in the name of the City of New York by order of the Common Council; the Medal being accompanied by a box made of Maple brought from the Lake in the first Canal boat the Senaca Chief.
5James Madison: Notes from State Papers, December 1830 (Madison Papers)
see Case of [ ] [Erie] Canals