Weekly statements of canal shipments to or from tide water
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Overview of the Records
Repository
- New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
- Toll collectors submitted weekly statements of merchandise and produce shipped via the Erie Canal through the ports of New York, Albany, West Troy, and Waterford to the Comptroller. Statements give the quantities of merchandise (sugar, coffee, nails, iron, etc.) cleared to, and of produce (wheat, flour, ashes, beef, pork, etc.) left from the Erie and Champlain Canals.
Title
- Weekly statements of canal shipments to or from tide water
Quantity
- 0.2 cubic feet
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
- A1172
Creator
Arrangement
Chronological by week, then by port.
Scope and Content Note
Weekly statements of merchandise and produce shipped via the Erie Canal through the ports of New York, Albany, West Troy, and Waterford were submitted to the Comptroller by toll colectors at those places.
Statements give the quantities of merchandise (sugar, coffee, nails, iron, etc.) cleared to, and of produce (wheat, flour, ashes, beef, pork, etc.) left from the Erie and Champlain Canals. A law of 1826 required the toll collectors to make annual reports and such other reports as the Comptroller might specify.
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Access Terms
Corporate Name(s)
Geographic Name(s)
- Champlain Canal (N.Y.)
- Erie Canal (N.Y.)
- Troy (N.Y.)
- New York (State)
- New York (N.Y.)
- Waterford (N.Y.)
- Albany (N.Y.)
- New York (State)--Commerce