![Item #55222 Sir—You are hereby notified, that a meeting of the Blackstone Canal Company will be holden at the publick rooms in the Franklin-House, on the Tenth Day of May Next, at 10 o'clock A.M. for the election of Officers, and transaction of the necessary business of the Company [complete text]. Blackstone Canal Company.](https://rulon.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/55222_1.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1592597464)
Sir—You are hereby notified, that a meeting of the Blackstone Canal Company will be holden at the publick rooms in the Franklin-House, on the Tenth Day of May Next, at 10 o'clock A.M. for the election of Officers, and transaction of the necessary business of the Company [complete text]
Providence: April 27, 1825. Small broadside approx. 5" x 8", signed in type by Richard J. Jackson [and four others], as the Committee; old folds, one smudge, and a dust-stain along edge of lower corner. Still, a very good copy of an attractive specimen of typography. The building of the Blackstone Canal was initiated by Providence merchants seeking to profit from trade in agricultural products. It had the effect, however, of stimulating the growth of the textile mills-though there were disputes with the Canal Co. over water rights--and other manufacturing in the Blackstone Valley, much as the Merrimack Canal did for the Lowell mills. The canal was vigorously opposed by mercantile interests in Boston and eventually was rendered obsolete by the growth of the railway system in the 1840s. Today the entire Blackstone River Valley from Worcester to Providence has been designated a National Heritage Corridor. Not in OCLC or American Imprints. Item #55222
Price: $175.00
