Jesse Hawley (merchant)

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Jesse Hawley
BornMay 11, 1773; 251 years ago (1773-05-11)
Bridgeport, Connecticut
DiedJanuary 10, 1842(1842-01-10) (aged 68)
Cambria, New York
OccupationFlour merchant

Jesse Hawley (May 11, 1773 – January 10, 1842) was an American flour merchant in Geneva, New York, who became an early and major proponent of building of the Erie Canal.[1]

  1. ^ Hawley, Elias S. (1890). The Hawley Record. E.H. Hutchinson. pp. 531–538.