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This document is an address given by Major John M. Milliken (1804-1884) in Dayton, Ohio, on March 15, 1877. It was delivered before the Miami and Erie Canal Association. The document also includes an introduction by G. Volney Dorsey and J. C. Richardson, the president and secretary of the Miami and Erie Canal Association. It is an appeal to the members of the legislature of Ohio to financially protect the Miami and Erie Canal, and outlines the many businesses that still relied on it for transportation and water power.</div>
15 March 1877<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1877-03-15T00:00:00Z/11</div>
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