Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 to Mr. Law
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04687 Author/Creator: Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 January 1807 Pagination: 5 p. + docket 22.3 x 18.3 cm Order a Copy
Endorses the plans of Benjamin Latrobe for a canal on the eastern and western branches of the Potomac. Describes the proposed canal. Compares it's potential to bolster commerce to the Duke of Bridgewater's canal in Manchester (which Fulton had studied while in England). Discusses the canal's expected cost and how it will be recovered through the canal's commercial advantages. Fulton concludes by deeming the project fiscally superior to the proposal to construct a bridge. Law was possibly involved with appropriations for public works in Washington, D.C.
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