The Erie Canal and the Settlement of the West (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Erie Canal and the Settlement of the WestDwight spoke of the route to Baltimore via the Susque hanna, but added that the swiftness of that river and its numerous rapids and shoals necessitated a long and tedious return overland, and thus condemned any great use of that market.2 He was inclined to believe that Montreal would be the great port, and the large emigration of New Eng landers to the lands lying between the northern boundary of the New England states and New York, and the St. Lawrence river for a quarter of a century after the Revo lution, together with the gigantic plan for waterways, con ceived by Albert Gallatin, makes one feel that many persons shared his view. James Flint, traveling in Pennsylvania and New York in 1819-1820, noted the large areas of fertile land in both these states which were either sparsely settled or passed over entirely, for want of easy routes for settle ment and facilities to market surplus products.3 Many other instances might be summoned to support the convic tion of Governor Clinton and his contemporaries that the future prosperity of New York was dependent upon the building of the Erie canal.'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.