Erie Canal (N.Y.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Briggs-Stabler family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0147
Abstract
The Briggs-Stabler papers contain personal, business, and family papers documenting the Briggs and Stabler families and important information about exploration and engineering in the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as the history of the American South. In addition to genealogical information, the collection includes surveys of the Mississippi Territory in 1803-1804, and information on Isaac Briggs’ work with Thomas Jefferson and the Erie Canal.
Dates:
1793-1910
Isaac Briggs notebook
Collection
Identifier: MS 0146
Abstract
This collection contains survey notes on Erie Canal, and sample practical trigonometry problems. There is a transcription by Isaac Briggs, Jr. of a journal of his father's journey to Ohio in 1834, as well as an account of her father's death by Hannah Briggs.
Dates:
1824
Found in:
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
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Isaac Briggs notebook