Excerpt from Memoir, Prepared at the Request of Committee of the Common Council of the City of New York and Presented to the Mayor of the City, at the Celebration of the Completion of the New York Canals
That, in the Memoir, he had adverted to the circumstances of our country, previously to, and at the time the Canals were com menced, and had endeavoured to trace these great works to their origin, and in their progress to their consummation. That he had, also, attempted to anticipate their advantages and effects.
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