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Article: Antiques.(Governor De Witt Clinton's prophecy that the completion of the Erie Canal would be the foundation of New York City's cultural achievement)(Editorial)
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- The Magazine Antiques
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- April 1, 1999
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[New York] City will in the course of time become the Granary of the western world, the emporium of commerce, the seat of manufacture, the focus of great moneyed operations, and the concentrating point of vast, disposable and accumulating capital which will stimulate, enliven, extend, reward the exertions of human labor and ingenuity.
De Witt Clinton speaking before a committee of a meeting of citizens of New York, 1824
Governor De Witt Clinton (1769-1828) of New York prophesied that the completion of the Erie Canal from the Hudson River at Albany to Lake Erie at Buffalo would solidify New York City's economic dominance and constitute the foundation for ...