Invitation to a Celebration of the Completion of the Erie Canal, November 4, 1825

Author Corporation of the City of New York American

Printer A. B. & C. Durand, Wright & Co American

1825

Not on view

Issued by the Corporation of the City of New York, this invitation asks the recipient, Mr. A. Leonard, to a ceremony that celebrated the opening of the Erie Canal. On November 4, 1825 at 8 oclock a.m., attendees met at City Hall then journeyed by steam boat to Sandy Hook where a ceremonial pouring of Lake Erie water into the Atlantic took place. In the preceding ten days, a flotilla had moved from Buffalo to Albany along the canal, then moved down the Hudson to New York City. A parade and a banquet concluded the celebrations.

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Title: Invitation to a Celebration of the Completion of the Erie Canal, November 4, 1825
Author: Corporation of the City of New York
Printer: A. B. & C. Durand, Wright & Co (American, active 1824–32)
Published in: New York
Date: 1825
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: 3 1/4 × 5 11/16 in. (8.2 × 14.5 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
Credit Line: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
Object Number: 54.90.1623
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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