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Canal and road surveyors' notebooks and toll reports

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SAS 1297
Scope and Contents Contains over 100 notebooks pertaining to surveys conducted for canal or road construction. These notebooks typically record canal or road section number, directional bearings, and distances between sections.
Dates: 1830-1846

Canal toll collectors' accounts

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SAS 1206
Scope and Contents This series lists accounts of toll collectors on the Miami and Erie Canal. Most entries after 1860 include date, captain's name, name of boat, location of collector's office, collector's name, boat's place of registration, origin of trip, destination, type of cargo, weight of cargo, and amount of toll. Some volumes include index.
Dates: 1830-1914; Majority of material found within 1890-1911

Correspondence

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SAS 1177
Scope and Contents Contains correspondence concerning the financing and construction of canals, surveys, progress reports, tolls, damage claims, canal traffic, permits, leases, and railroads. Correspondence from 1820-1842 is on microfilm.
Dates: 1820-1922

Correspondence and receipts from collectors

 Series — Box: 53446
Identifier: SAS 324
Scope and Contents Contains correspondence and receipts from Ohio canal toll collectors.
Dates: 1912-1913

Engineer's reports

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SAS 1235
Scope and Contents Contains reports concerning tabulations of tolls, recommendations to layoff personnel, estimates of monetary damages caused by dredging, and bids for construction materials.
Dates: 1842-1911; Majority of material found in 1842-1846,1901-1911

Petitions for appointments as canal toll collectors

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SAS 1272
Scope and Contents Includes recommendations, applications, and appointments.
Dates: 1830-1917

Record of collections for the Ohio & Erie and the Miami & Erie canals

 Series
Identifier: SAS 1230
Scope and Contents Lists money collected for tolls, water power, pipe permits, land rents, rebates, etc. by the Ohio & Erie Canal and the Miami & Erie Canal.
Dates: 1902-1915

Superintendents' reports

 Series — Box: 53436
Identifier: SAS 1294
Scope and Contents Reports of traffic, repairs, condition of the canals, and receipts for money collected and forwarded to the Treasurer of State.
Dates: 1837-1913

Toll reports, bids, and proposals

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SAS 1264
Scope and Contents Contains toll reports, bids, proposals, and other records concerning the National Road and various other roads and canals. Also includes bridge permits and drawings.
Dates: 1836-1900