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Welcome to the NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop:

“Clinton’s Ditch:” The Erie Canal in Western New York

July 21-28
August 4-11
Niagara County Community College
Sanborn, NY

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Project Director: Pierson Bell

Header image: George Harvey’s Pittsford on the Erie Canal, 1837. Photo by Andy Olenick. Courtesy of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester

Program Overview
In the chamber of the U.S. Senate in February of 1832, Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky rose to deliver a speech in defense of the American System, his three-part vision for the American economy.