Tarry at home travels . and reappointed in 1811, and con-tinued mayor till 1815. He took up early inlife the policy of canal construction between theHudson and Lake Erie and Lake 1817 a bill was passed authorizing the workat the expense of the State. In the same yearhe was chosen Governor, and in 1825 he had thefelicity of being borne from Buffalo to Albany ina barge, on the great work with which his nameis identified. With the construction of the Erie Canal therapid development of the states then called theNorthwestern states, which are now the greatMiddle states of the country,
Tarry at home travels . and reappointed in 1811, and con-tinued mayor till 1815. He took up early inlife the policy of canal construction between theHudson and Lake Erie and Lake 1817 a bill was passed authorizing the workat the expense of the State. In the same yearhe was chosen Governor, and in 1825 he had thefelicity of being borne from Buffalo to Albany ina barge, on the great work with which his nameis identified. With the construction of the Erie Canal therapid development of the states then called theNorthwestern states, which are now the greatMiddle states of the country, became success of that canal was an incentive inevery American state to what used to be called 304 TARRY AT HOME TRAVELS internal improvement. For these reasons Ishould have been glad if the honor, for it is anhonor, of a place among the heroes of Americain the Hall of Fame could have been awarded toDe Witt Clinton. The valley of the Mohawk gives a line so con-venient that the suggestion of a canal was made. Route of the Erie Canal. very early. There is a story, undoubtedly au-thentic, of Washington, who knew from his boy-hood the lake country to the west, predicting acanal here soon after the establishment of the Con-stitution. An attentive correspondent tells methat Washington invested money in the MohawkValley and that many farms near Little Fallsare held under deeds from him. Between the
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