. Onondaga, or, Reminiscences of earlier and later times [microform] being a series of historical sketches relative to Onondaga ; with notes on the several towns in the county, and Oswego. gainst the petitioner, and alland every citizen of the State, for or on account of any in-fringement of the said patent right. By mutual agreementthe whole motterwas thus amicably arranged, and all persons ERIE CANAL. 67 were thereafter allowed to manufacture and use water article was first burned for market in the town of Sulli-van, Madison County, one mile and a half west of Chittenan-go, in the f
. Onondaga, or, Reminiscences of earlier and later times [microform] being a series of historical sketches relative to Onondaga ; with notes on the several towns in the county, and Oswego. gainst the petitioner, and alland every citizen of the State, for or on account of any in-fringement of the said patent right. By mutual agreementthe whole motterwas thus amicably arranged, and all persons ERIE CANAL. 67 were thereafter allowed to manufacture and use water article was first burned for market in the town of Sulli-van, Madison County, one mile and a half west of Chittenan-go, in the fall and winter of 1818-19, on large B. Yates fitted up a mill for grinding it. j\Ir. Whitehad the exclusive right of manufacturing and vending the ar-ticle. The price ordinarily charged, was from three dollarsfifty cents to five dollars per barrel of five bushels. Thebarrels were lined with oiled paper, and were made perfectlywater tight. It has ever been considered a truly fortunate circumstance,that so valuable an article for the permanent construction oflocks, aqueducts, &c., for our canals, was found at the verytime at which it could hardly be dispensed J -^ if-L^ -fvff -^ Eoig-rjiwfl iy IJ. f - Ilimuti //^^^^^^ )
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