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Historic leaves, volume 2, April, 1903 - January, 1904, Historical Sketch of the old Middlesex Canal. (search)
Historical Sketch of the old Middlesex Canal. By Herbert Pierce Yeaton. Navigation on the Merrimac River. the Canals of the Merrimac River had their day and active existence in the first half of the last century. They have been referred to as the earliest step towards a solution of the problem of cheap transportation between Boston and the northern country; but perhaps they may be more properly classed as the second step in that direction, the turnpikes having been in the field. James Sullivan and his associates, the original projectors of the canal system, undoubtedly had in mind, not only to connect Boston with the Merrimac River country, but also to extend their canals from the Merrimac to the Connecticut River, and from the Connecticut River to Lake Champlain, and through its outlet to the St. Lawrence, thus bringing Boston into island water communication with Montreal and the lower Canada. The project was too vast, and the physical obstacles too formidable to admit
Historic leaves, volume 2, April, 1903 - January, 1904, Index (search)
Merrimac River, Canals of49 Mico, Ann13 Middlesex Canal, The49, 50, 51, 52, 57 Middlesex Canal, Middlesex Canal, Act of Incorporation of52 Middlesex Canal, Aqueducts of58 Middlesex Canal, Bridges of58 MiddleseMiddlesex Canal, Aqueducts of58 Middlesex Canal, Bridges of58 Middlesex Canal, Charter of52 Middlesex Canal, Cost of58 Middlesex Canal, Dimensions of58 Middlesex CanaMiddlesex Canal, Charter of52 Middlesex Canal, Cost of58 Middlesex Canal, Dimensions of58 Middlesex Canal, Laborers, Pay of58 Middlesex Canal, Lock of58 Middlesex Canal, Meeting of Directors of53 MiddMiddlesex Canal, Cost of58 Middlesex Canal, Dimensions of58 Middlesex Canal, Laborers, Pay of58 Middlesex Canal, Lock of58 Middlesex Canal, Meeting of Directors of53 Middlesex Canal, Opening of49 Middlesex Canal, Proprietors of52 Middlesex Village49, 57 Middletown, Middlesex Canal, Dimensions of58 Middlesex Canal, Laborers, Pay of58 Middlesex Canal, Lock of58 Middlesex Canal, Meeting of Directors of53 Middlesex Canal, Opening of49 Middlesex Canal, Proprietors of52 Middlesex Village49, 57 Middletown, Conn.19 Milford, Conn.13 Miller, James79 Mills, Samuel43, 44 Miles, Rev. John37 Miles ( Myles)Middlesex Canal, Laborers, Pay of58 Middlesex Canal, Lock of58 Middlesex Canal, Meeting of Directors of53 Middlesex Canal, Opening of49 Middlesex Canal, Proprietors of52 Middlesex Village49, 57 Middletown, Conn.19 Milford, Conn.13 Miller, James79 Mills, Samuel43, 44 Miles, Rev. John37 Miles ( Myles), Samuel, Schoolmaster, 168437, 38 Minute Men, The79 Mistick Side15 Mistick Side Schoolhouse64 Middlesex Canal, Meeting of Directors of53 Middlesex Canal, Opening of49 Middlesex Canal, Proprietors of52 Middlesex Village49, 57 Middletown, Conn.19 Milford, Conn.13 Miller, James79 Mills, Samuel43, 44 Miles, Rev. John37 Miles ( Myles), Samuel, Schoolmaster, 168437, 38 Minute Men, The79 Mistick Side15 Mistick Side Schoolhouse64 Montreal49 Moore, Abraham M.43 Moor's Falls50 Morley, Catharine19 Morley, John, Schoolmaster, 1Middlesex Canal, Opening of49 Middlesex Canal, Proprietors of52 Middlesex Village49, 57 Middletown, Conn.19 Milford, Conn.13 Miller, James79 Mills, Samuel43, 44 Miles, Rev. John37 Miles ( Myles), Samuel, Schoolmaster, 168437, 38 Minute Men, The79 Mistick Side15 Mistick Side Schoolhouse64 Montreal49 Moore, Abraham M.43 Moor's Falls50 Morley, Catharine19 Morley, John, Schoolmaster, 165219 Morley, Ralph19 Morris, Martha14 Morton, Nicholas60 Moulton's Point90 Mount Pleasant StrMiddlesex Canal, Proprietors of52 Middlesex Village49, 57 Middletown, Conn.19 Milford, Conn.13 Miller, James79 Mills, Samuel43, 44 Miles, Rev. John37 Miles ( Myles), Samuel, Schoolmaster, 168437, 38 Minute Men, The79 Mistick Side15 Mistick Side Schoolhouse64 Montreal49 Moore, Abraham M.43 Moor's Falls50 Morley, Catharine19 Morley, John, Schoolmaster, 165219 Morley, Ralph19 Morris, Martha14 Morton, Nicholas60 Moulton's Point90 Mount Pleasant Street, Somerville44 Mousall, Ralph17 Moylan, Colonel Stephen87 Moylan's Dragoons87 Munroe, Charle[3 more...]