A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . On thk Krie Canal. ^ When the water was let into the canal, in the autumn of 1825, thenews was conveyed from Buffalo to New York by a row of cannon,about five miles apart, and fired in quick succession. That was oneform of the telegraph of those days. Governor Clinton travelled by thecanal from Buffalo to Albany, and by the Hudson River to New York,bringing a keg of water from Lake Erie which was poured withsolemn ceremony into the harbor of New York. It indicated the mar-riage of the lake with the ocean. Before the c
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . On thk Krie Canal. ^ When the water was let into the canal, in the autumn of 1825, thenews was conveyed from Buffalo to New York by a row of cannon,about five miles apart, and fired in quick succession. That was oneform of the telegraph of those days. Governor Clinton travelled by thecanal from Buffalo to Albany, and by the Hudson River to New York,bringing a keg of water from Lake Erie which was poured withsolemn ceremony into the harbor of New York. It indicated the mar-riage of the lake with the ocean. Before the canal was built it costten dollars and took three weeks to transport a barrel of flour fromBuffalo to Albany. By the canal it could be sent through in a week,at a cost of thirty cents. To-day a constant procession of grain boatstraverses the canal, day and night, from west to east, and one of boatsladen with merchandise from east to 294 THIRTY YEARS OF PEACE AND PR OGRESS. No man ever had a more enthusiastic reception. Fortyyears and more had passed since he left the United States. He was now nearly seventy, one ofthe last surviving friends and aides ofWashington, and the whole peoplerose to do him honor. He spent more than a year travel-ling through the nation, visiting everyState, and being everywhere greetedwith affection and enthusiasm. Someof the old soldiers who had served Tower, under him lU thC ReVOlutlOU faluted Lafayette. • ^^jy^ emotiou ou graspiug his June 17, 1825, he took part in laying the corner-stoneof the Bunker Hill monument. It was just fifty years afterthe battle. Lafayette had spent much of his fortune in the Americancause, and in recompense Congress voted him two hundredthousand dollars and twenty-four thousand acres of land. He was invited to a dinner at the White House, given byPresident Adams, and having as guests the ex-PresidentsJefferson, Madison,
Size: 1376px × 1816px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidhistoryofuniteds07morr
