Editing RPI and The Erie Canal (section)

== Eaton's friendship with Van Rensselaer == 

Eaton published a detailed report in 1824 under the direction of Stephen Van Rensselaer titled “Geological and Agricutlrual Survey of the District Adjoining the Erie Canal”. This lengthy and detailed report can be viewed in the Library of Congress [1]. It was a report that examined the geological formations and potential of the land surrounding the newly built Erie Canal, Eaton writing longingly from his efforts saying “I had traveled more than three thousand miles on foot, and two thousand by water and carriage conveyand, in search of geological facts, before I became a subject of our patronage.” 


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"Geological Profile from the 1824 Report drafted by Eaton given to the Hon. Stephen Van Rensselaer" 

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