Charles G Haines Erie Canal Analysis
In 1825 Charles G. Haines just began to serve as
Governor George De Witt Clinton's secretary, here he wrote about the mayors views on the Erie Canal project.
Haines was already a huge supporter of this product so he took great joy in writing this paper about the whole project.
He briefly describes that the plan is split up into three sections: Lake Erie to the Senaca River, Senaca to Rome, and from Rome finally connecting to the Hudson River which eventually dumps into the Atlantic Ocean.
Haines began to go further on in his report telling how he feels that this GRAND CANAL will catapult New York to the status of "The London of America." The people who were backing this project and these claims may have gotten carried away with
Governor George De Witt Clinton's secretary, here he wrote about the mayors views on the Erie Canal project.
Haines was already a huge supporter of this product so he took great joy in writing this paper about the whole project.
He briefly describes that the plan is split up into three sections: Lake Erie to the Senaca River, Senaca to Rome, and from Rome finally connecting to the Hudson River which eventually dumps into the Atlantic Ocean.
Haines began to go further on in his report telling how he feels that this GRAND CANAL will catapult New York to the status of "The London of America." The people who were backing this project and these claims may have gotten carried away with