Index
Adams, John Quincy, 164, 172, 179-80, 304 Albany: in Jesse Hawley's essays, 26; and canal completion celebration , 187; canal arrivals at, 239; canal basin at, 280-81 Alexander's MJls, 134, 1,3,5 Allen, S. F., 312-13, 325 American Bethel Society, 229 American Revolution: transportation in, 11 Appropriations, canal: for surveys of 1808, 30, 33; in canal law of 1811, 45; in canal law of 1816, 63; in canal law of 1817, 70-71; in 1820, 110; in 1821, 115, 117, 119, 180; in enlargement act of 1838, ,312; for enlargement to 1840, ;32.3; in 1841, 326; and progress of enlargement in 18471849 , 362; in 1849-1850, 364; in canal compromise of 1853, :387; to complete enlargement in 1862,396 Aqueducts: over Genesee River, 124, 127-28, 129-30, 292; at Little Falls, 134; over Mohawk River, 1,35, 279; classical style of, 232; over Seneca River, 292; progress on enlarged, 292, 324; at Schoharie Creek, 3;38-39, 379 "Arabian Nightism," 346-47 Assembly plan in 18,53 for enlargement : origin of, 380; and Seymour , 381, 382 Index Astor, John Jacob, 98, 304 Atticus. See Clinton, De Witt Barnburners. See Democratic Radical faction Barrett, Alfred, 324 Barton, Benjamin, 140, 145n Barton, James L., 14.5n, 148, 162, 270, 271, 288 Bates, David S., 89, 157 Bayard, William, 56, 135, 183 Beach, Samuel, 54-55 Beardsley, Levi, 415 Betts, Samuel R., 77 Biddle, Nicholas, 257 Bird, William A., 145n Birdseye, Victory, 166 Black River Canal, 240, 242, 306, 341, 345, :354, 367, ,397 Black Rock: as port of transfer, 6; and rivalry for canal terminus, 140-6;3; joined with Buffalo, 162; trade integrated with Buffalo, 271-72 Black Rock Harbor Company: formed,145 Bleecker, Barent, 17 Board of (Canal) Commissioners, See Commissioners, canal Boatmen's Friend Society, 224 Boatmen's Magazine, The, 234 Bonus Bill of 1817, 67, 68, 69, 400 Bouck, William C.: as canal COI11mlSSHmer , 86, 117, 162, 312, 32,3; and Sabbatarianisl11, 226; 434 Index Bouck, William C. (continued): in election of 1840, 324-25; and Democratic Conservatives, 334; in election of 1842, 339-41; and stop and tax policy, 340; elected governor, 341; on canal enlargement , 341-44; denied renomination in 1844, :345-46, 347; as leader of Democratic Conservatives , 354; appointment of by Polk, 356 Bowman, John, 173 Brad:sh, Luther, 3:39 Brainard, Jeremiah, 93 Bristol, Simeon, 198, 201, 2.'30-:31 Broadhead, Charles, 64, 84 Broadhead, Edward, 25.'3 Brockway, Hial, 133, 293, 408 Bronson, Greene C.: and Nine l\1illion Bill, 371; appointed collector in New York, 383; removed by Pierce, 389-90, :391 Brooks, Micah, 67, 400 Bryant, William Cullen (editor of New York Evening Post): urges sale of canal system, 308; supports stop and tax policy, :3:30, :337 Bucktails: emergence of, 104-106; drop canal opposition, 107-lOS; support of for canal, 110, 11415 , 116, 118, 119; in elections of 1819 and 1820, 111, 112, 113; and canal commissioners, 116; and canal bill of 1821, 117; and constitutional convention of 1821, 118-19; and Albany Regency , 164; and removal of canal commissioners, 165; and Myron Holley, 170; oppose New York electoral bill, 172 Buffalo: turnpikes to, 4; as port of transfer, 6, 269; in Jesse Hawley 's essays, 26; and rivalry for canal terminus, 140-63 passim; and canal traffic, 239, 246; population of, 1820-1850, 263; canal shipments from, 268; canal tolls collected at, 269; commission Buffalo (continued): merchants in, 270; commercial development of, 270-73; description of, 272-73; canal meeting at in 1846, 352-53 Buffalo Harbor Company: formed, 144 "Burned-over District," 219-20, 2:34 Burnham, Michael, 61 Busti, Paul, 31, 32, 52, 64, 68 Calhoun, John C., 67 Cambreleng, Churchill C., 360 Canadian rivalry: in petitions of inland lock navigation companies, 21; feared by Joseph Ellicott, :3:3, 43; in Geddes' report of lS09, 34; in Report of 1811, 42; as argument for interior route, 4S; deprecated by Samuel Beach, 55; and future of western New York, 66; in Clinton's message of 1819, 101; in Seward's message of lS42, 331; as factor in passage of canal bill of 1817, 404; and Weiland Canal, 413-14 Canal Act of 1817: passage of, 70-76 Canal Act of 183,5 (for enlargement ): passage of, 241, 306 Canal Board: members of, 241; duties of, 242; and boat regulations , 242; and canal tolls, 249, 295; minutes of, 250; and state engineer and surveyor, 252; and dimensions for enlargement, 307...
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