A minute statement relative to the works of the Chambly canal, exhibiting the engineer's report, on which the contract was founded, the contract itsel(...)

A minute statement relative to the works of the Chambly canal, exhibiting the engineer's report, on which the contract was founded, the contract itself, with a statement of the extra work performed by the contractors, the difficulties under which they laboured, and the causes of such difficulties; the whole supported by the affidavits of many of the overseers employed on the canal, by the reports of the commissioners to the legislature, and certificates of the engineer with his letters and instructions, and various other documents relative to that work, forming a complete exposeé(!) of the manner in which the work on the canal was conducted, and the causes of the non-completion of the work for the amount originally contracted for, &c. &c. &c.