[2] Historic Highways of America, vol. viii, p. 184.
[3] Historic Highways of America, vol. xii, p. 97.
[4] Mr. Watson’s Journal is included in his History of the ... Western Canals in the State of New York (Albany, 1820).
[5] Id., pp. 20-21.
[6] Laws of the State of New-York (New York, 1792), vol. ii, ch. xl.
[7] Laws of the State of New-York (New York, 1793), pp. 13-17.
[8] History of the ... Western Canals in the State of New York, p. 85. It must be remembered that Watson was writing from memory in 1820; in general his authority may be considered excellent. We have indicated inconsistencies by interrogation points.
[9] The Report of a Committee appointed to explore the western waters ... for the purpose of prosecuting the Inland Lock Navigation (Albany, 1792).
[10] Our source of information on these early Mohawk improvements is Report of the Directors of the Western and Northern Inland Lock Navigation Companies in the State of New York to the Legislature, 1796.
[11] Id., p. 9, note.