Book/Printed Material Letters on the natural history and internal resources of the State of New York. Copy 2
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Image 3 of Copy 2- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 4 of Copy 2- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 5 of Copy 2- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 6 of Copy 2- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 7 of Copy 2 T? T?^ [Tfl C^ Vr l Tr ON THE JV^TUIi.lL, HISTORY l^.- m^ £.Ji AND INTERNAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF NEW~YORK, BY HIBERNICUS, S NEWYORK: SOLD BY E. BLISS E, WHITi^…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 8 of Copy 2- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 9 of Copy 2 NOTE. The following Letters first appeared in the celumns of a newspaper during the year 1820. They attracted much atten- tion at that time, and were copied and read with great avidity.…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 11 of Copy 2 LETTERS OF HIBERMCUS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW-YORK STATESMAN June 9th, 1820. Sir, I SEND you extracts of letters which T have received from a highly respectable foreigner, on the subject…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 12 of Copy 2 |:.£TTERS or HIBERNICUS LETTER I. Montezuma^ 26th May, 1820. I ARRIVED here yesterday, my dear Sir, in the packet boat Chief Engineer, which plies betweeji this place and Utica, as consort to…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 13 of Copy 2 CANAL TRANSPORTATION. At Montezuma, a boat is now on the stocks, 0^ still larger dimensions, and more accommodating arransrements than the one of that name. The whole expense of each of these…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 14 of Copy 2 S GANAL TRANSPOUTATIOJf, calculably advantageous to the cardinal interesl:, of the community. When the great six horse, heavy teams are banished from use, the roads will be improved. The tippling houses, which…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 15 of Copy 2 WESTERN CANAL. J may either descend by water into Lake Ontario by the way of Oswego, or you may proceed by the way of Three River Point to the Oneida Lake, and,…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 16 of Copy 2 10 WESTERN CANAL. zuma in a small boat to Cayuga bridge, where 1 entered a fine new steam boat called the Enter- prise, of 120 tons, and 24 horse power, and arri-…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 17 of Copy 2 WESTERN CANAL. 11 and which cost $6,044 7. The width of the canal on the water surface is 40 feet at the bot- tiDin 28, and lis depth Is four feet. The…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 18 of Copy 2 i; i WESTERN CANAL. lime or sand stone, and are cemented by mortar made of a calcareous stone found in various parts of this country. I never saw better work, pro- raising…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 19 of Copy 2 WESTERN CANAL. Jo which can, as I understand, be easily eilected by the first of December, 1823. Indeed, it is confi- dently said, that with adequate funds, 100 miles of iliis canal…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 20 of Copy 2 14 WESTERN CAI ?AL. Erie. Before the final completion of this great work, a person may therefore take a barge at New- York, and pass by water into Lake Erie, by an…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 21 of Copy 2 WESTERN CANxiL. i J in four clays 200 miles, without a jolt, or tlie least fatigue, and employ the whole time in read ing, writing, rational conversation, amusement, or viewing the most…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 22 of Copy 2 16 WESTERN CANAL. curious to observe the heterogenous collection ot names of places derived from the aborigines, the ancient Greeks, Romans, Jews, he. on the route of the canal. You begin with…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 23 of Copy 2 WESTERN UANAL. 17 i Ointbrts, and luxuries of life. The country in- tervening between the two great land and water routes will be shortly settled, and the north side of the canal…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 24 of Copy 2 18 WESTERN CANAL* like passing from a half lighted room, into ait apartment blazing with lamps. After this, you continue your course through a country generally unsettled, until you arrive at Syracuse,…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 25 of Copy 2 AURORA— CAYUGA LAKE. 19 LETTER IV. Aurora^ 9th June, 1820. My Dear Sir, In passing from Aurora, along the eastern bank of the Cayuga Lake towards the bridge, I met with several…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 26 of Copy 2 20 UNION SPRINGS OWASCO LAKE. for most hydraulic purposes. At this place valua- ble mills have been erected by William S. Bur- ling-, a very worthy and intelligent man, under Vvhose auspices…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 27 of Copy 2 AURORA, iC 2i salino salar is also found here and at least four species of esox, or pike. To the south you can approach by this lak^ the head waters of the…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 28 of Copy 2 22 WESTERN CANATi. LETTER v.. My Dear Sir, In my voyage on tlie canal I met witn several loaded boats and scows, ascending as well as dc« scending, and also rafts. The…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 29 of Copy 2 WESTERN CANAL. 23 87 cents a bushel, and the land Iransportation, at any considerable distance, costs at least 44 cents. A bushel of wheat can be conveyed on tlie canal, when finished,…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 30 of Copy 2 ^4 WESTERN CANAL. 25. Arrived, Experiment, passengers, Lady of the Lake, stone, Anne Maria, with salt, from Salina. Departed, Experimerit, Anne Maria. 26. Arrived, boat Montezuma, with passen- gers, his excellency the…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 31 of Copy 2 WESTERN CANAL, 2 i perfect state of preservation, and the epicures of the south will be treated with new and untried dishes of the highest flavor. The west is the favorite region…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 32 of Copy 2 26 WESTERN CANAL. will make a good ice road in winter, but I have no faith in this opinion. The use of it for such purpose will be but short. It \^ill…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 33 of Copy 2 WESTERN CANAL. 27 were rcimlliar to my mind. Actual inspection lias exceeded the most sanguine anticipation. Some- times I think that I am in the region of enchant- ment, and that the…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 34 of Copy 2 28 WESTERN CANAL. and it took in going and returning, three days, a I $2 per day; in the aggregate, §9; while by land it would have employed 40 wagons two days,…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 35 of Copy 2 GTPSUJi, SALT, Lc, 29 article for that purpose, for the table, and for pre- serving fish and meats, is immense. Gypsum rises every year in public estimation, and I am told that…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 36 of Copy 2 oO MAPLE SUGAR. horse is almost exclusively used for the couvey- ance of couimodities a distance. Every diminution of expense in transportation, will add so much to the profits of the farmer…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 37 of Copy 2 WESTERN CANAL. 31 gentleman, from St. Lawrence county, that the inhabitants of that region not only supply them- selves with maple sugar for domestic uses, but have a surplus for market. This…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 38 of Copy 2 32 Water cement. the Salina Plain. These locks are made of lime and sand stone. Both abound with marine exuviae and organic remains. I never saw more substan- tial erections. The water…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 39 of Copy 2 o GEOLOGICAL. i 0 2 water, 1 oxide of iron. After the process of calcination, it is to bs ground, and tiien mixed with an equal weight of clean sand, which will…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822
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Image 40 of Copy 2 o4 GEOLOGICAL. This earth is undoubtedly a wreck of a former world a new combination of old materials. Fire and water have been the principal agents in ac- complishing this work; and…- Contributor: Clinton, Dewitt
- Date: 1822