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Erie Canal In 1819 Summary

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In this document, a writer from the Albany Daily Advertiser describes the sight of the new Erie Canal in 1819. People all around the village were lively and excited to see the canal in action. “I consider it among the privileges of my life to have been present to witness it” (ADA, 134). The writer, and many other people within the village, would walk to the eastern part of town, and watch the water flow. “I had a sight that could not but exhilarate and elevate the mind” (ADA, 134). The water moved westward, and channeled down towards the sea. It would take almost a day for the water to move from east to west. “It was dark before they reached the eastern extremity; but at sunrise next morning, they were on a level, two feet and a half

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