Letter signed Jas. B. Eads, Chief Engineer's Office, Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company, 213 and 215 Washington Ave., St. Louis, to Col. Henry Flad. Eads mentions that he has just resigned as chief engineer of the Bridge Company, and he extends to Flad his thanks for assisting him in the design and construction of the bridge. Includes typescript copy of letter certified by Edw. Flad, October 21, 1926 [Donated by Edward Flad in July 1950]., 1874 July 28
Scope and Contents
The collection contains professional and personal correspondence of James B. Eads with Edward Bates, Gideon Welles, Gustavus Fox, Henry Taylor Blow, Frank P. Blair, Jr., Baron Gerolt, and others. Includes papers relating to Eads' construction of gunboats during the Civil War and the construction of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge (also known as the Eads Bridge). The collection also includes 20th-century newspaper clippings regarding James B. Eads and relations; cancelled stock certificates in the Tunnel Railroad of St. Louis and the St. Louis Bridge Company; invitations to the opening of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge; promissory notes; Eads' scrapbook of newspaper clippings (1881) relating to his plan to build a ship railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec; and papers relating to the genealogy of the McHenry family.
Dates
- 1874 July 28
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.9 Cubic Feet ( (2 boxes; 1 oversize folder))
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center Repository