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Papers, 1803-1889; bulk, 1855-1865
Author
Hutchinson, Holmes, 1794-1865.
Pages:
2
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1 copy available at Manuscripts and Special Collections.
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Control Number:
(OCoLC)122434132
Local call number:
SC12068
Author:
Hutchinson, Holmes, 1794-1865.
Title:
Papers, 1803-1889; bulk, 1855-1865.
Quantity:
2 boxes (0.50 cubic ft.)
Historical/biog note:
Civil engineer from Utica, N.Y. Hutchinson served as an engineer on the Erie Canal and served as its chief engineer from 1835 to 1841. He also owned a large amount of land in Oneida County, N.Y.
Review:
The collection includes correspondence and personal accounting papers. Among these personal papers are deeds, legal papers, bonds, agreements, and other business papers. The collection includes material relating to the Chemung Canal; the Cumberland and Oxford Canal; the Douglass Ditch and Erie Canal enlargement; the Hudson River Railroad; the Oswego and Syracuse Railroad; the Black River; the Sullivan Swamp; the bridge at Fort Plain, N.Y.; and the Great Swamp in Madison County, N.Y.
Finding aids:
Unpublished guide available in repository and online: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc12068.htm
Personal subject:
Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886.
Personal subject:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874.
Subject:
Canals--New York (State)--History Sources.
Subject:
Railroads--New York (State)--History Sources.
Subject:
Surveyors--New York (State) Records and correspondence.
Geographic terms:
Erie Canal (N.Y.)--History Sources.
Geographic terms:
Black River Canal (N.Y.)--History Sources.
Geographic terms:
Cumberland and Oxford Canal (Me.)--History Sources.
Electronic access:
Finding aid: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc12068.htm
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