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Who financed the construction of the erie canal?

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on april 17, 1816, the state legislature passed a bill that provided more funds for the project , and appointed van rensselaer, Clinton, Joseph Ellicott, Myron Holley and samuel young commissioners to construct a canal from the hudson river to lake erie and lake champlain.
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