Box 3

This subseries contains memoranda and notes relating to materials used in the Middlesex Canal engineering project including timber, stone, and tools.

This subseries contains memoranda and notes relating to materials used in the Middlesex Canal engineering project including timber, stone, and tools.

Contains memoranda and surveys of timber and stone purchased for use in construction of the Middlesex Canal, and related accounts, orders, and papers, dated 1794-1825, including a copy of scantling of timber for gates at three locks; a January 1797 account of the carpenters, masons, blacksmiths, stone blowers, and others employed by the canal, as well as boats, and supplies and equipment; and a memorandum of Dutch terras delivered at the lock pit.

Contains monthly returns of canalling tools and instruments and tools used by blacksmiths, carpenters, and stone masons, dated 1794-1797, and memoranda and bills for tools and supplies.

Contains monthly returns of canalling tools and instruments and tools used by blacksmiths, carpenters, and stone masons, dated 1798-1800, and memoranda, bills, and advertisements for tools and supplies. There are also lists of proprietors of land who deeded property to the canal.

This subseries contains memoranda and notes relating to materials used in the Middlesex Canal engineering project including timber, stone, and tools.

Contains orders and memoranda of leveling instruments, timber, lime, gunpowder, and other equipment and supplies needed for the project.

Contains accounts of contracts for work on the Middlesex Canal, timber and materials on hand, state of work done, and measurement of locks, among other accounts and estimates of expenses.

This subseries contains administrative and financial records including estimates for jobs, receipts, checks, bills, contracts, time records, and instructions for workers.

Contains receipts to Loammi, James, and Franklin Baldwin, and Benjamin Baldwin & Company, among others, dated 1797-1808, for labor and supplies used in the canal project.

This subseries contains administrative and financial records including estimates for jobs, receipts, checks, bills, contracts, time records, and instructions for workers.

This subseries contains administrative and financial records including estimates for jobs, receipts, checks, bills, contracts, time records, and instructions for workers.

Contains memoranda and notes related to labor, supplies, and land purchased by the proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, dated 1794-1795, including agreements and contracts; proposals for building wagons and mill use; and copies of notices and advertisements, one of which reported a runaway worker, Cato Quashy.

Contains memoranda and notes related to labor, supplies, and land purchased by the proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, dated 1796-1797, including contracts with diggers, surveys of timber and planks, obligations, proposals, and memoranda of items to be put before the directors' meetings.

Contains memoranda and notes related to labor, supplies, oxen, and land purchased by the proprietors of the Middlesex Canal, dated 1798-1800, including contracts with diggers, surveys of timber and planks, obligations, proposals, and memoranda of items to be put before the directors' meetings.

This subseries contains memoranda and notes relating to materials used in the Middlesex Canal engineering project including timber, stone, and tools.

This subseries contains memoranda and notes relating to materials used in the Middlesex Canal engineering project including timber, stone, and tools.

This subseries contains memoranda and notes relating to materials used in the Middlesex Canal engineering project including timber, stone, and tools.

This subseries contains memoranda and notes relating to materials used in the Middlesex Canal engineering project including timber, stone, and tools.

This subseries contains administrative and financial records including estimates for jobs, receipts, checks, bills, contracts, time records, and instructions for workers.