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| | Annals of Cleveland for 1819 - Letter from Isaac Briggs, N.Y (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) |
 | | The Engineers are Benjamin Wright, James Giddes, and Isaac Briggs; Canvass White, James Ferguson, Valentine Gill and Asa Moore have also been employed. |
 | | During the late season, Wright and White have been employed on the middle section of the Western Canal; Geddes and Ferguson, on the Northern; and Briggs, Gill and Moore, in exploring and locating the Canal and its locks, on the Eastern section, from Utica down the valley of the Mohawk. |
 | | By a sound and prudent fiscal management, no burdens on the people, beyond the present taxes, and those only for, one year or more, will be necessary to accomplish this noble work. |
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