The Illinois and Michigan Canal : a study in economic history . et navigation of I. & M., rates. See Freight rates, River, , Geo. Y., Estimate of channel improvements, , A. B., favors waterway from St. Lawrence to Gulf of Mexico, shipped, 1842-47, , Benjamin, engineer. Re-port, , John, & Co., and canal bonds, , Silas, , Hon. R. M., 46, 47, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESSCHICAGO 1918 Copyright By Chicago Historical Society A. D. 1918 5Tft( S-afttsffte press . DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANYCH
The Illinois and Michigan Canal : a study in economic history . et navigation of I. & M., rates. See Freight rates, River, , Geo. Y., Estimate of channel improvements, , A. B., favors waterway from St. Lawrence to Gulf of Mexico, shipped, 1842-47, , Benjamin, engineer. Re-port, , John, & Co., and canal bonds, , Silas, , Hon. R. M., 46, 47, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESSCHICAGO 1918 Copyright By Chicago Historical Society A. D. 1918 5Tft( S-afttsffte press . DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANYCHICAGO PREFATORY NOTE The approaching centennial of the admission ofIllinois into the Union awakens a new interest inthe agencies that contributed to the making ofthe state. The following pages are, therefore,given to the reader in the hope that they may-shed some light on the economic development ofthe commonwealth, and with the further hopethat they may be of some service to those whointerpret our countrys economic history in itslarger phases. Originally prepared as a doctoraldissertation at the University of Wisconsin, thestudy is subject to the limitations and charac-teristics of such monographs. In the preparationof the manuscript for publication, the statisticsand discussions in Chapters III and V have beenmade to cover the developments that have takenplace since the dissertation was first the study retains its or
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