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Does anyone know the author of the anonymous supplement portion of the following item: A letter to the Honorable Brockholst Livingston, esq., one of the justices of the Supreme court of the United States, on the lake canal policy of the state of New-York ... By Robert Troup, esq. With a supplement, and additional documents (New York, 1822) A circa 1830s handwritten inscription in the copy belonging to the UMich Special Collections library asserts authorship of the supplement for then US Attorney General Benjamin F. Butler (1795-1858); in 1822, he was the Albany law partner of Martin van Buren and a devoted opponent of Erie Canal-maker DeWitt Clinton. Gerard Koeppel Independent historian gkoeppel@earthlink.net www.gerardkoeppel.com
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