Box 1
Container
Contains 162 Results:
Letter signed John Cadwalader, Bristol, to the Council of Safety, Philadelphia. Regarding the capture of deserters., 1776 Dec 18
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1776 Dec 18
Letter signed John Cadwalader, Bristol, to the Council of Safety, Philadelphia. Requests that a paymaster be assigned and that boats be sent., 1776 Dec 24
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1776 Dec 24
Typescript copies of three poems of Martha Eads, printed in the Davenport Gazette. [Donated by Florence Dorsey in April 1946], 1848-1851
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1848-1851
Letter signed Edward Bates, Attorney General’s Office, to James B. Eads, St. Louis. Marked "confidential." States that Eads may be called to Washington to impart his "knowledge of our river & the use of steam upon it.", 1861 Apr 17
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1861 Apr 17
Memoranda made by Captain Nathaniel Lyon in the memorandum book of James Eads to be attended by Eads in Washington. Lyon wants officers of the quartermaster and subsistence departments subject to his orders., 1861 Apr 23
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1861 Apr 23
Letter signed Gideon Welles, Navy Department, to James B. Eads, Washington, D.C. Has referred Eads' letter containing a description of Cairo and a plan for blockading the commerce of the rebelling states on the Mississippi River to the War Department., 1861 May 14
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1861 May 14
Letter signed H.W. Benham, Cincinnati, Ohio, to James B. Eads, St. Louis. Thanks Eads for information relating to river maps., 1861 May 29
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1861 May 29
Typescript copy of letter of Edward Bates to President Lincoln. Recommends that James Eads be appointed commissary of subsistence at St. Louis. Contains endorsement by Lincoln and note of Eads., 1861 June 17
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1861 June 17
Authorization signed C.W. Marsh, acting adjutant general of Missouri, to James F. Howe to recruit companies of infantry to be attached to the 27th Missouri Volunteers of which you are to be commissioned as major., 1861 July 29
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1861 July 29
Contemporary copy of letter of Henry W. Smith, inspector of hulls for Board Underwriters, St. Louis, to James B. Eads. Has inspected Submarine No. 7 and has found it sea worthy and in sound condition. Contains concurring statements signed Jno. D. Daggett [John D. Daggett], Thos. J. Morse [Thomas J. Morse], Saml. T. Hambleton [Samuel T. Hambleton], and Jno. Litherbury [John Litherbury]., 1861 Sept 28
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1861 Sept 28