1To George Washington from Elkanah Watson, 10 February 1797 (Washington Papers)
...three miles of canals were in place on the Mohawk River, at Little Falls and at German Flats, N.Y., by 1798. In 1812, the state of New York took over the company as part of the Erie Canal project (see
2Elkanah Watson to Thomas Jefferson, 24 April 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
, where he died. Watson was an early supporter of the construction of the Erie Canal and the movement to establish local fairs and agricultural societies (
3To 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 a plan of a harbor at the Outlet lake Erie which contrary to my calculation as the work of future ages is in consequence of being brought in to view...