(NEW YORK) [Young Samuel] A Treatise on Internal Navigation

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(NEW YORK.) [Young, Samuel?] A Treatise on Internal Navigation. 12mo, stitched with remnant of original wrapper on backstrip; moderate foxing, minor dampstaining; copyright and errata sheet pasted to verso of title page; uncut and partially unopened. Ballston Spa, NY, 1817

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A detailed report on canal construction, compiled by a member of the Erie Canal Commission as the project was launched. Appended is Albert Gallatin's important Report of the Secretary of Treasury on the Subject of Public Roads and Canals, which concludes with Latrobe's 1808 postscript on railroads and a long communication from Robert Fulton. Rink 4038; Sabin 106114. No other copies known at auction since 1982.