Speech of Mr. C. F. Mercer, on the subject of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
Subtitle: delivered in the convention of delegates, held at the city of Washington, November 7, 1823.
Contributors: Harris, James Dunlop, 1797-1842.; Alexander, Caleb A.; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Convention (1823, 1826 : Washington)
Publisher: Printed by Gales & Seaton.
Published: 1823
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Canals -- United States.; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.; Pennsylvania Canal (Pa.)
Notes: Shoemaker 13302.
Delivered to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Convention.
"Appendix," p. 31-47, contains resolutions of the convention, and extracts from reports and other documents on the proposed canal.
Errata: p. 47.
Copy owned and inscribed by James Dunlop Harris, a principal engineer on the Western Division of the Pennsylvania Canal. Four leaves of manuscript material on canals are bound in, and two others laid in, with some newspaper clippings.
Also laid in is a copy of a deposition by Caleb A. Alexander, one of Harris' assistants, concerning Harris' conduct after his dismissal from his position in 1829. Harris subsequently vindicated himself and was reinstated.