Series I. Edmund Blunt (1799-1866) Papers document the voyage Edmund Blunt took to Central America in 1824 to explore the feasibility of a canal route across Nicaragua by way of Lake Nicaragua and the San Juan River. The papers include original correspondence and drawings, and also transcripts of a journal, final report, and expense accounts. Some drawings may pertain to a later voyage (1830). Also present are a few letters to Edmund Blunt and his wife Eliza from their daughters Mary or Sarah or from other relatives, notes from Edmund Blunt's journal, and one letter from George William Blunt (1802-1878).