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...within two weeks. Mr. White made me a present of a fine pencil for drawing. The rock and pavement yet to be excavated & laid on this canal was let on Saturday last to Messrs Ives & Baldwin, the fromer from the Erie Canal N.Y. and the latter a bridge builder of Pennsylvania, the bridge plan has been altered by Mr. White, the arch being made an elipse instead of a segment and two small arches are added extending from...

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...the piers of the large arch to the banks of the canal.
Jan 20th 1829
Shipped the leveling instrument and watersluice which father sent for on board the steam boat Aurora. The river lately rose very abruptly about 25 feet but commenced falling again to day.
Jan 22
Gen Jackson arrived here yesterday and left here to day on his way to the seat of Government. I sent a letter to Pazzi...