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NEW YORK - Erie Canal. Engraved invitation to the

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New York: 7 November 1825. Engraved card (123 x 175 mm). Condition: very light foxing. scarce invitation to the ball celebrating the opening of the erie canal. As the invitiation states, the Ball was "Given by the militia officers & civilians of New York." The celebration commenced once Governor Dewitt Clinton arrived back in New York City after having travelled aboard the Seneca Chief carrying water from Lake Erie which he ceremonially poured into New York Harbor in "a wedding of the waters." This was the maiden voyage on the Erie Canal. Very rare and ephemeral.

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