A Connected View of the Whole Internal Navigation of the United States – 1830
Brief descriptions of the state's canals begins on page 370.

A Description of the Canals and Rail Roads of the United States – 1840
Brief descriptions of the state's canals begins on page 183.

The Southern Canal Lecture - 1873
Link to a .pdf file of a lecture by Professor H.E. Colton on the "Feasibility of a Southern Canal from the Valley of the Mississippi to the Atlantic".