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30 *CANALS: Names and Data (continued)—
 * Chicago Drainage, marks old portage route, 7, 181.
 * Ellesmere, mention of, 14, 90.
 * Erie: view of basin of, at Buffalo, 14, frontispiece; Gouverneur Morris father of, 43–47; promoters of, 43–61; influence of Jesse Hawley in originating the, 48–49; Origin of the Erie Canal, Hawley, quoted, 48, cited, 51; Joshua Forman's bill for, 49; first commissioners appointed, 52, 56; first appropriation, 53; first engineer's report on, 54–57; discussion of western terminus of, 55; first estimate of length of, 55; Congress asked to aid, 56–58; President Madison encourages, 57–58; first act authorizing loans for, 59; War of 1812 postpones building of, 59–60; revival of project, after War of 1812, 60; Clinton's Memorial for, 62–103; Potomac Company feels adverse effect of success of, 13, 63; Clinton on the economic need of, 14, 72–78; Clinton on commercial benefits of, 79–86; Clinton on engineering practicability, 86–88; comparative estimated cost of other canals and, 90–96; Clinton's estimate of expense of, 96–99; Clinton's summary of arguments in favor of, 99–103; laws authorizing the