"The boat Merrimack, built and owned by Mr. Benjamin Taber, of this village, cleared from Buffalo on the 23d inst, with 7800 bushels of oats!
The Courier says this is the largest load of oats through the canal."

"Home Matters," Ithaca Journal and Advertiser," May 23, 1855, 7, accessed October 8, 2024,
https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=ija18550523-01.1.7