Correction-Union Canal

Also New Scan From The Ledger

I have a correction to make on my March first post. One of my followers pointed out that the Pine Grove branch of the canal connected to the main canal at the Water Works (a little West of Lebanon) and not at Middletown as I had written in my post; my follower was 100% correct. (I went to Google). Anyone reading my posts should feel free to advise me on mistakes they feel I have made, also comment on what I have written. From now on I will keep both my feet and hands out of the Union Canal and it's lore; I have not really done any research on the canal. I will continue to post scans and ledger information, along with comments 

concerning boating information from the Furnace ledger.

 Ledger entry Aug 1, 1831

In the above scan we have "Sundries" and "Boating" information. I have figured out what some of the old script means, the "P" with what looks like "c" following it means paid, in the upper entry Geo N. Eckert paid John Mortimer,(p him) .50 for Son (or Sou), just below that the Widow Fisher,(p her) was paid 10 in the dollar section to get a wedding suit, 10 dollars was big money back then. The money total works out though, at the far right of the ledger, (not shown in the above scan) the total for the two charges was 10.50. At the bottom of the scan, 93 and 90 we have Boating charges, Henry Meas "Cooper", was paid a total of 3 dollars for use of Boat Hornet Boating ??? (2 Days) 2_ _ which came to the 3.00 in the far right charge section. It looks like Meas was paid 1 dollar for wood?

The name "Meas" turns up quite a few times in the ledger. I wonder if this name is really Meese or something similar which sounds the same as Meas. When time permits I will check the 1830 and 1840 Census for the Township and see what I can come up with.