Public documents concerning the Ohio canals

The title of this ‘book’ is a little confusing. It suggests that this is the “complete official history” of the canal system, but the system was still under construction when this was published. Collected here are a wide range of public documents for this enormous project, which are listed in the index at the back. Categories of documents included are:

-Extracts from Governors’ messages
-Laws relating to the canals
-Resolutions (by the State legislature)
-Canal Commissioners’ reports (including annual reports 1823-1830 and special reports)
-Civil Engineers’ reports
-Canal Fund Commissioners’ reports
-Financial reports
-Miscellaneous documents (among these is a tariff of canal tolls)