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Young, S.

[Printed letter relating to the construction of the Erie Canal and the Champlain Canal, sent to Nathaniel Rochester.]

Utica, NY, July 18, 1816. Printed letter, 9.75” x 8”, with ms. name of recipient filled in; accompanied by address panel reading “Rochester Esqr. Rochester VIllage Genesee County” with an additional note on the panel, evidently in Rochester’s hand, reading “Grand Canal Papers.”

A printed letter sent to Nathaniel Rochester, the founder of Rochester, New York, notifying him of his appointment as an agent “to procure and receive Subscription lands or money, to be applied in constructing Canals and Locks between the navigable waters of Hudson River and Lake Erie, and the said navigable waters and Lake Champlain, or either of them.” The letter was sent by one S. Young, Secretary of the Board of Commissioners constituted by “An Act to provide for the improvement of the Internal Navigation” of New York. Young notes that he will be forwarding forms for the cession of lands as well as donations in money.

CONDITION: Toning from outlines of mat to both letter and address panel, old tape repairs to edges of verso of letter; tape repairs to edges of both recto and verso of address panel.

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