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The
Illinois and Michigan Canal,
1827–1911
A Selection of Documents from the Illinois State Archives |
Documents 1–50
- An
Act Granting Federal Land for Canal Purposes
March 2, 1827
- Letter
from the President of the Canal Commissioners to the
Commissioner of the U.S. General Land Office Concerning Land
Patents
March 28, 1830
- Canal
Land Sale Certificates, Springfield
April 20, 1830
- Commissioner
Gershom Jayne’s Accounts
April 22, 1830
- Canal
Land Sale Certificates, Chicago
September 27, 1830
- An
Abstract of Title, Lot 2, Block 44, Original Town of Chicago
September 27, 1830-January 2, 1839
- Report
on Canal Lands Sold
January 29, 1833
- Donation
of Land to Rachel Munson, A Former Indian Captive
May 11, 1834
- Letter
to Governor Joseph Duncan Accompanying a Memorial from Citizens
of Cook County
November 29, 1834.
- Letter
from Governor Joseph Duncan to Commissioner William Archer
Concerning Canal Lands
August 15, 1836
- Letter
from James Brooks to the Canal Commissioners Concerning Irish
Rioters
February 22, 1838
- List
of Appointed Canal Officers and Agents
September 3, 1838
- Letter
from W.F. Thornton to William Gooding Concerning a Suspension of
Operations
December 20, 1839
- Canal
Scrip
September 10, 1840; March 1, 1841; and April 1, 1843
- Letter
from George W. Meeker to Lyman Trumbull Concerning a Land Patent
September 29, 1842
- Resolution
of Canal Trustees Concerning Timber Land Agents
July 23, 1845
- Letter
from Jacob Fry and William Gooding to David Leavitt Concerning
an Advanced Payment on a Contract
September 15, 1845
- Letter
from D.S. Hough to David Leavitt Concerning His Duties as Timber
Land Agent
September 16, 1845
- Letter
from Jeremiah Crotty to David Leavitt Concerning Pending Loan
Subscription Payments
October 16, 1845
- Letter
from John Van Arnam to William Gooding Concerning a Towpath
Contract
July 11, 1846
- Letter
from C.L. Denman Of Newark, New Jersey to William Gooding
Concerning Contract Work
July 29, 1846
- Letter
from Jeremiah Crotty to William Gooding Concerning Contract Work
on Section 139
August 9, 1846
- Petition
for Additional Compensation for a Preemption Claim to Benefit an
Orphan
September 25, 1847
- Letter
from William Gooding to G.W. Green Concerning the Canal’s
Completion
February 9, 1848
- Letter
from Robert Stuart to David Leavitt Concerning Accounts and the
Canal’s Opening
April 10, 1848
- Hiram
Norton’s Damage Claim Arising from a Loss of Water Power
May 5, 1848
- Preemption
Claim of Alphonso Montuory for the Catholic Congregation at La Salle
May 25, 1848
- Preemption
Claim of Bernard Bird to a Lot in La Salle
May 26, 1848
- Letter
from Sydney S. Durfee to Edward B. Talcott Concerning a Scow
Scraper
June 11, 1848
- Letter
from George C. Darrow to Edward B. Talcott Concerning the Towing
Concession Between Bridgeport and Chicago
July 22, 1848
- Letter
from Robert Stuart to David Leavitt Concerning an Upcoming Land
Sale
August 5, 1848
- Letter
from S.I. McCrady to J.C. Clark Concerning an Upcoming Land Sale
August 19, 1848
- Donation
of Canal Lots to the City of Chicago for School Purposes
February 20, 1849
- Resolution
to Loan a Sum of Money to Finance the Construction of a Hotel at
La Salle
March 5, 1849
- Letter
from Edward B. Talcott to William H. Swift Concerning Rafting
Timber on the Canal
May 11, 1849
- Abstract
of Canal Boats Registered at Chicago
December 8, 1849
- Letter
from Star Foot to William Gooding Concerning His Resignation as
Canal Inspector
April 8, 1850
- Letter
from Ira Hartson to the Canal Trustees Concerning Past Due Land
Payments
May 16, 1851
- Letter
from John H. Kinzie to the Canal Trustees Concerning Additional
Office Help
May 19, 1852
- Petition
of Chicago Wholesale Grocers to Reduce Tolls on Sugar and
Molasses
May 1852
- Letter
from William Gooding to David Leavitt Concerning Various Items
of Canal Business
October 12, 1854
- Partial
Statement of Goods Cleared Along the Canal
1854
- Letter
from William Gooding to David Leavitt Concerning Canal
Expenditures and the Severe Winter
February 5, 1856
- Letter
from Norton & Co. to William Gooding Concerning U.S.
Government Goods
February 16, 1864
- Letter
from L.W. Claypool to William Gooding Concerning a Late Canal
Land Payment
June 8, 1864
- Letter
from Norton & Co. to the Canal Trustees Concerning Deepening
the Canal
May 7, 1866
- M.J.
Hogan’s Damage Claim Arising from Low Water
August 24, 1900
- Letter
from R.E. Orr to the Canal Commissioners Concerning Leasing Land
for Railroad Purposes
March 7, 1901
- Letter
of Complaint from R. Oliver of the Great Western Cereal Company
to Canal Officers
September 3, 1904
- Letter
from R.M. Cochrane to Leon McDonald Concerning Dumping Refuse on
the Canal
February 20, 1911
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