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...the time today. The men who were appointd to examine plans for the Exchange have deferred their decision until Monday next. Wednesday April 22 1829 I helped do some work at the bridge and along the line of the canal. Carry Sayre & co. commissioned work on the lock the first this season. The river still remains high and is now rising We were visited today by Mr. Wm Jerome Esq. formerly an Engineer on the Champlain Canal in New York. He has been...
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...employed by the United States to survey on the rout for a canal from the Tennessee at the mouth of the Hyawasse across the mountains & down the O to Milledyeburgh in Georgia, and is now on his return to Washington City to make his report. He has to build 10 miles of Rail Road over the Blue Ridge. Thursday Worked on the canal. Fryday Commenced drawing the Exchange in the morning. In the afternoon I went to...
p. 80 and 81
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...Louisville to deliver the reports. Very windy weather. Saturday April 25th Mr. B. Sayre with his son William returned from Ohio. He is one of the contractors for the masonry on the canal and will attend to the construction of the bridge. Mr. A.S. Phelps a young man, Hr. Henry's friend from Rochester N.Y. arrived here today, also. I finished the Exchange. River quite high even so as to interrupt the work. April 28th A fine day - We went to...
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...church in Louisville in the forenoon in the afternoon - we stayed at home in Shippingport April 27 The river ceased rising today and is now expected to fall soon. I worked on the canal both in the forenoon & afternoon. Mr. Berthoud the post master of this place had been absent about a week last Saturday during which time there was no mail arrived here - When it did come I got the April No. of Sill. Jour. and a letter...
p. 82 and 83
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...from Pazzi Lapham stating that he expected to go to Chillicothe where he has got employment at one of the printing establishments. April 28th This morning I went up the canal and then continued on to Louisville - In the afternoon I stayed at home. April 29th There was but little work to do on the canal today in consequence of the hih stage of the water in the river, and therefore I stayed...
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...most of the time at home. April 30th As I went up the canal this afternoon I met Mr. Goodwin who had a letter for me from Dr. Hildreth of Marietta Ohio. It was dated the 22 inst. and announced that he had sent a box of minerals & shells: accordingly I went to Louisville and got the box which had been left at one of the Merchants. Mr. Bowan came to Louisville today May 1st In the forenoon Mr. Henry went...
p. 84 and 85
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...up the canal to meet Mr. Rowan & Mr. Goodwin - who came down to see the moddle [sic] of the bridge across the guard lock on a new plan invented by Mr. Henry. In the afternoon I went to Louisville to carry the reports &c. and got a compass with which we made a survey of the land at the upper end which the company want to purchace [sic] of the Rowans - In the evening I got a letter from Darius Lapham describing a new plan for bridges over steep locks.
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May 2d Saturday A rainy day and I stayed most of the time at home May 3d Today I went to Louisville to church but there was none! the door was locked The river has been falling very rapidly since the 27th [illegible] and is now so low as to be entirely off of the work I supposed also that it was low enough to allow me to get some shells; accordingly I went over to Rock Island but...
p. 86 and 87
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...the river was so high that I did not get many. Mr. Taylor in the evening brought me from some of his friends in Louisville a specimen of Tale & two species of sea corral in the recent state. I also got otday a specimen of quarts incrusted with calcedony from Missouri. Monday May 4th Worked on the canal most of the time - Had a specimen of quarts invested with botryordal...
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calcedony presented to me from Missouri. May 5th Done some work on the canal & I went to Louisville. May 6th Was a very hot day though cold in the morning. I went up the canal and continued on to Louisville in the forenoon to see Dr. Fitch who has had a book of mine for some time & has not read it through yet. In the afternoon I helped do some work with the level along the canal.
