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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09923 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Sketch Date: 1807 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 17.9 x 31.4 cm. Order a Copy

Drawn plan for a canal to be built along the Merrimack River. Includes the placement of various buildings along side. Noted as the property of S. Blodget. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

Blodget, S., fl. 1807

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