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¹⁰⁵ Lapham's July 1818 meteorological table appeared in the Louisville Public Adver-
tiser, Vol. 10, No. 1927, 9 August 1828, p. [3], col. [4].

¹⁰⁶ I. A. Lapham to D. Lapham, 4 August 1828. Copy, Lapham MSS., State Historical
Society of Wisconsin and Ohio Historical Society.

¹⁰⁷ The Jackson Republican ticket included William T. Barry, governor; John Breathitt,
lt. governor; James Guthrie, John P. Oldham, and Peter W. Grayson, State legislators
from Jefferson County.

¹⁰⁸ Thomas Tredgold [1788-1829], A Practical Treatise on Railroads and Carriages,
Showing the Principles of Estimating their Strength, Proportions, Expense, and Annual
Produce, and the Conditions Which Render Them Effective, Economical, and Durable;
With The Theory, Effect and Expense of Steam Carriages, Stationary Engines, and Gas
Machines, E. Bliss & E. White, New York, 1825.

¹⁰⁹ D. Lapham to I. A. Lapham, 4 August 1828. Copy, Lapham MSS., State Historical
Society of Wisconsin and Ohio Historical Society.

¹¹⁰ James Hughes was elected as president to replace Berthoud, not Nathan Davidson
[1779-1849] as Lapham thought. Davidson, a Philadelphia merchant and agent, repre-
sented the principal stockholders who resided in Philadelphia. Hughes, who was the
president of the U.S. Branch Bank, had been the first president of the Canal Company.

¹¹¹ D. Lapham to I. A. Lapham, 9 August 1828. Copy, Lapham MSS., State Historical
Society of Wisconsin and Ohio Historical Society.

¹¹² Henry Clay [1777-1852] was campaigning for John Quincy Adams [1767-1848]
in the 1828 election against Jackson whom he had defeated for the presidency in a
House vote in 1824. In that election, Clay supported Adams, who in turn appointed
Clay secretary of state, a position he held until Jackson's victory in 1828. The first
strong advocate for internal improvements, Clay had the support of the Canal people.
(Also see Lapham's diary for 11 October 1828).

¹¹³ John Lee Comstock [1789-1858], History of the Greek Revolution; Compiled from
Official Documents of the Greek Government, Sketches of the War in Greece by Philip
James Green, . . . and Other authentic sources, W. W. Reed & Co., New York, 1828.

¹¹⁴ John Woodhouse Audubon [1812-1862] was evidently going to school in Bards-
town, Kentucky during much of this period and therefore was not the frequent com-
panion of Lapham that his brother Victor was. John later was a clerk for his Uncle
William Bakewell.

¹¹⁵ Lapham inserted a drawing of the crane in his "Map of the Louisville and Portland
Canal." See fn. 35. He stated, on p. 66 (fn. 35) that Mr. Orange Dibble of New
York invented it. This should not be confused with a Dibble crane which is a boring
rig, not a lifting mechanism which Lapham described.

¹¹⁶ Dr. Clapp's home and office, at Main and Pearl streets in New Albany, is presently
occupied by the South Side Cafe.

¹¹⁷ This is a rare reference to the island on which General Clark landed prior to his
expedition into the Illinois country in 1778. It was generally called Corn Island and
was visible at the foot of 11th Street until inundated by the effect of the McAlpine Dam.
Lapham interchanges Clarks Island with Corn Island frequently

¹¹⁸ John Coleman Rogers [1781-1855], a native of Virginia, moved as a youth to
Bryant's Station, near Lexington, Kentucky. He apprenticed under Samuel Brown, M.D.
[1769-1830], then studied at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, as a private
pupil of Charles Caldwell, M.D. [1772-1853]. He practiced in numerous locations in
Kentucky and Ohio before settling in Louisville. He helped obtain the charter for the
Louisville Medical Institute, and founded the Kentucky School of Medicine. Dr. Rogers
was chairman of the Board of Directors of the Louisville and Portland Canal Company
in 1827 and was for a long time involved with the affairs of the Canal. His office which
Lapham visited was on Jefferson Street between 4th and 5th streets.

¹¹⁹ Parker Cleveland [1780-1858], Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology
being an introduction to the study of these sciences, and designed for the use of pupils,
for persons attending lectures on these subjects and as a companion for travelers in the
United States of America, Cummings and Hilliard, Boston, 1816. This was the first
treatise on mineralogy and geology published in America. Cleveland served as professor
of mathematics and natural philosophy (1805-28) and professor of mineralogy and
natural philosophy (1828-58) at Bowdoin College.

¹²⁰ Contract dated 20 August 1828 entered as evidence in the Louisville Portland Canal
Company vs. William E. Perrine, et al., Jefferson Circuit Court, Chancery division suit
2688 (1830).

¹²¹ D. Lapham to I. A. Lapham, 1 September 1828. Copy, Lapham MSS., State Historical
Society of Wisconsin and Ohio Historical Society.