New York, Early 19th Century Archive, Incl. Documents from Notable Political and State Figures, Ref. to the Erie Canal, Steamboats, and More

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New York, Early 19th Century Archive, Incl. Documents from Notable Political and State Figures, Ref. to the Erie Canal, Steamboats, and More

Lot of 24, including: Clinton, Dewitt (1769-1828). Mayor of New York City (1803-1815). DS, 1p, payment made to Charles O'Neil for cleaning wells. Signed by Clinton while mayor. New York City, August 23, 1813.

Cheney, Horatio N. (1805-1841). Canal Weighmaster in Syracuse, killed three months later in the Syracuse gunpowder explosion. ALS, 1p, written while Weighmaster and inquiring why the lock master is sending boats to Syracuse to be weighed in the Eire Canal. Syracuse, NY, May 29, 1841.

Meade, Samuel. Superintendent's Office in Rochester. ALS, 1p, written to the chief clerk of the canal in Albany on the re-embankment breaches occurring due to light land. Rochester, NY, June 24, 1844.

Babcock, Leander (1811-1864). US House of Representative of New York (1851-1853). ALS, 1p, to Joseph Fellows discussing debts. Oswego, NY, January 10, 1843.

Bleecker, Harmanus (1779-1849). Respected lawyer and US Representative of New York (1811-1813). ALS, 2pp, to Theodore Sedwick speaking about a trip to England and traveling during the First Anglo-Sikh War. Albany, NY, May 5, 1846.

Wadsworth, James S. (1807-1864). Brigadier General in the Union Army, Free Soil party leader, KIA at the Battle of the Wilderness. ALS, 1 p, letter to Theodore Sedwick discussing business with several gentlemen in Boston and New York. November 8, 1847.

Land indenture, 3pp, between James Wadsworth and Theodore Sedwick for land in Alabama, NY. August 1843.

Kirkpatrick, Thomas. Inspector of New York state prisons. ALS, 1p, written to C.L. Tracy concerning Tracy's pay. Albany, NY, March 24, 1853.

Paige, John Keyes. Albany Supreme Court Clerk. DS, 1p, ledger of debts owed and some paid to the State. NY, June 30, 1841.

Barnard, Daniel D. (1797-1861). US Representative of New York (1827-1829, 1839-1843, 1843-1845). ALS, 1p,  to C.L. Tracy regarding an appeal and petition for a Mr. Gould. Albany, NY, May 30, 1848.

Ballard, Horatio. Respected New York lawyer. ALS, 1p, to Dr. Stephen Beekman concerning a land contract. Cortland Village, NY, February 19, 1830.

Webster, James. Ph.D. Professor of anatomy at Geneva Medical College. ALS, 1p, to N.G. Clark requesting that he remove Dr. Spencer as chair of the institutes of the practice of medicine. Rochester, NY, February 21, 1846.

Accompanied by 10 miscellaneous documents related to various steamship companies in the New York area including the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Co., mostly from 1865 and one from 1888, a regular packet line steamer "Commercial," New York Mail Steamship Co. document for a boat traveling from New York to New Orleans in December 1865, receipts for cargo on the Albany and Newburgh line from 1876, Manchester Liners Limited and Francis Boult and Co. bills of lading from the early 1900s.

Condition

Most are in very good condition with typical folds and toning of the paper.
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