Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Leavitt, David, 1790-1879
| title | Illinois and Michigan Canal records [manuscript], ca. 1839-1871 |
| repository | Chicago History Museum |
| description | Correspondence, maps, circulars, toll sheets, package of internal improvement certificates, canal scrip, bonds, letter books (3 vol.) reports and proceedings, and other records relating to the Illinois and Michigan Canal. The correspondence is chiefly between Capt. William Henry Swift, president of the canal's board of trustees; and David Leavitt, William Gooding, Edward Talcott, Eli Prescott, John Preston, Charles Oakley, Robert Stuart, Jacob Fry, Isaac N. Arnold, Charles Ray, John Wentworth; Illinois governors Ford, French, Matteson, Bissell, Yates, and Oglesby; and financiers Baring Brothers & Co., Magniac, Jardine, and Co., and Matheson & Co., London. Many items are copies of outgoing letters retained by Swift or other authors or return copies of correspondence requested by Swift in order to create a thorough documentary file. |
| extent | 5.5 linear ft. (11 boxes, 2 volumes., 1 folder) 2 oversize folders. |
| formats | Correspondence Business Papers Administrative Papers Ephemera |
| access | Most of the collection is open to researchers. Advance appointment with special permission required to view a few original items. |
| record link | https://chhiso.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/public/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:65803/one |
| finding aid | http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/M-I/IllinoisMichigan-inv.htm |
| acquisition information | Most of this collection was previously known as the William Swift Papers. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:53 |
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