Identifier: americanmedicalp11810newy (find matches)
Title: American medical and philosophical register, or, Annals of medicine, natural history, agriculture and the arts
Year: 1810 (1810s)
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Subjects: Medicine History, 19th Century Medicine
Publisher: New York : Published for the proprietors by C.S. Van Winkle
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
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tion, as idle and dronish as he pleases, still he willfind that the proposed canal would bring the state an am-ple reward. The tenth part of the sum above-mentioned isone hundred and eighty-two thousand one hundred and se-venty-three dollars. And it will be admitted that one hun-dred and eighty-two thousand one hundred and seventy-three dollars per annum have a sufficient claim uponlegislative attention. AN OBSERVER, Annexed is a small sketch of the country throughwhich the canal is proposed to pass. A. The head of the Mohawk, B. Wood creek. C. Oneida lake. D. Seneka river. E. Mud creek. F. Genessee river. G. Allens creek. H. Tanawanda creek.I. Buffalo creek.K. Cateragus creek.L. Susquehannah river»M. Allegany river.P. Pennsylvania N. boundary.. S. Seneka lake. P. S. Observing that the legislature of this state hadturned their attention to the subject of internal naviga-tion, I presumed that it would not be improper to shew,by plain calculations, the vast superiority of navigable ca-
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On Canal Namgation* 11^ nals to common land carriage, for the conveyance of pro-duce. The calculations and remarks were intended forthe citizens of this state, in particular, to whom, as a fel-low-citizen, I owe certain duties. But it is obvious thatthe canal I have recommended has very urgent claimsupon the attention of the United States. Claims thatwill force attention, if it is not freely paid. It hasbeen questioned, not without reason, whether congressare vested with authority to expend the national trea-sure in making and repairing roads in the several states*But no man has alleged that congress has not aright to sell the vacant lands of the nation ; nor hasit been alleged that they should not employ the bestmeans of bringing those lands to a good market.If they had a large tract of drowned lands, notsaleable, they might, with propriety, expend twentythousand dollars in draining those lands, provided thelands, when drained, would certainly bring them fortythousand. Now it is abso

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