Bank Check, Ohio Canal, Engineer's Verification of work done & Check to pay.

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Two 1828 original documents related to the Ohio Canal.
1. Engineer's Certification of work done so the contractor could get paid for that work.  It reads, "No. 5, Sections No. 5 & 6,  5th April 1828, I hereby certify that work has been performed under the contract of Uri Allen for Sections No. 5 & 6 South of the Portage Summit dated 1ST December 1827 to the amount of Seven hundred & fifteen dollars, since 4th March 1828 together with former estimates amounting to the sum of one thousand nine hundred and ten dollars an estimated agreeably to prices specified in the contract.  5.  Wm H Price, Rest Engr."
2,  Ohio Canal Check "5th April 1828, No 2010, The Cashier of the Western Reserve Bank will pay to the order of Uri Allen out of monies applicable to payment on Canal Contracts, Six hundred forty dollars for work done under the contract of Uri Allen & others for Section No. 5 & 6
Tuscarawas Feeder of the Ohio Canal South of Portage Summit, as appears  by the accompanying certificate of the Resident Engineer.  0.  Alfred Kelly, Act  Cans
The canals in Ohio were divided up into mile long sections and each section was bid on and contracts awarded to the lowest bidder.  Money was scarce so no contractor had enough money to finance their section.  So when they got some work done, the Residential Engineer inspected it and issued a certificate stating how much work had been done  so they could be paid for it.  Although certified as having done 5 worth of work, the contractor was only paid 0.  That gave the contractor incentive to complete the contract.  When all the work was done, the contractor did receive pay for all he had done.
Alfred Kelly is called the "Father of Ohio Canals".
There two canals built in Ohio.  The Ohio Canal ran from Cleveland to Akron to Triway to Newark to Buckeye Lake to Chillicothe to Portsmouth.  The Summit Level was at Akron.  The other ran from Toledo to Defiance to Dayton to Cincinnati.
.  2 3/4 by 8 3/4 inches.
I  once had a lot of these checks but am not getting to the end of them.
Lots can be combined to save on postage.
The foreign postage listed as .95 is for Registered First Class postage.
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