Passport from Amoskeig, approximately 1810
- Collection Name:
- Ephemera Collection - Canals
- Title:
- Passport from Amoskeig, approximately 1810
- Creator:
- unidentified
- Creator Role:
- Printer
- Accession / Call Number:
- 2018.025
- Object ID:
- 2018.025
- Date:
- approximately 1810
- Type of Material:
- textual record
- Physical Description:
- 1 passport
- Language:
- English
- Scope and Content:
- Blank passport from the Amoskeig Canal, or Amoskeag Canal, in Manchester, NH, printed in approximately 1810. The top of the passport contains blanks for the date, raft number, raft owner, and raft conductor. Underneath, is a chart documenting the amount of merchandise on the raft and the rates for that merchandise to go through each union lock: "Bow; Hooksett; Amoskeig, Merrill's & Goff's, each; Moors; Cromwell's; Wicasee; and Middlesex. The bottom of the passport contains a space to document the receipt of payment.
- Subjects:
- Canals--Rates and tolls , Locks (Hydraulic engineering)
- Locations:
- Amoskeag Falls, Manchester, NH
- Terms of Use:
- For permission to reproduce or publish material from this collection, please contact the New Hampshire Historical Society. Researchers are responsible for following all copyright and intellectual property laws.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society purchase.
- Restrictions:
- Available for research.
- Level Description:
- Item
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