Ottawa / Bristol / Lockport / Detroit / New York / Rock Island / Cedar Rapids / Chicago / La Salle / /
Company
American Fur Company / Chicago Daily Journal / American Exchange Bank of New York / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
Peru / Egypt / Canada / United Kingdom / Scotland / United States / Ireland / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Employment Change / Natural Disaster / Person Travel / Person Communication and Meetings / Judicial Event / /
Facility
Illinois State Historical Library / Canal Commissioners Board / Canal Land Agent Robert Prescott / Wabash Canal / University of Chicago Press / Canal Trustees / Ohio Canal / Welland Canal / Canal Committee / Canal Commissioners Correspondence / Michigan Canal / Canal Commissioners / /
IndustryTerm
state transportation schemes / bank / imbecile tool / /
NaturalFeature
Ohio River / Nile / /
Organization
Board of Public Works for the City of Chicago / Internal Improvements Commission / State Fund / Senate / Canal Committee / Canal Commissioners Board / Locofoco legislature / University of Chicago Press / Chicago Historical Society / Illinois State Historical Society / Illinois Senate / Democrats / /
Person
John Davis / Thomas Ford / Jacob Fry / Charles Oakley / William Ogden / James McNeil Whistler / John Jacob Astor / William Gooding / William H. Swift / Stephen A. Douglas / Joel Matteson / William B. Archer / James Shields / David Leavitt / Michael Ryan / Augustus French / William Reddick / Robert Stuart / /
Position
Captain / engineer / and prolific writer / first state trustee / State Canal Trustee / president / State Trustee / Joliet businessman / trustee / General / secretary / Canal Secretary / fault finding runner / Contractor / civil engineer and special commissioner / trustee / and Chief Engineer / banker / representative / chief engineer for the Illinois and Michigan Canal / canal commissioner / canal trustee / Archer / civil engineer / advisors / chief engineer / glassblower / governor / a congressman / and senator / politician and early canal commissioner / Democratic candidate / Colonel / Canal Engineer / Governor / chairman / artist / Commissioner / assistant / as engineer / judge / sheriff / lawyer / late Chief Engineer / /
Product
Swift / /
ProvinceOrState
Ohio / Indiana / New York / Mississippi / California / Kentucky / Westchester County / Cook County / Tazewell County / Illinois / Gallatin County / Iowa / Massachusetts / La Salle County / /
“The Politics of Transportation.” Selected Papers in Illinois History, 1980: Inaugural Illinois History Symposium. Paper read in 1980 and published: (Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Historical Society, 1982), 17-23