Box 1
Container
Contains 162 Results:
Letter signed General William T. Sherman, headquarters, Army of the United States, Washington, to Captain James B. Eads, St. Louis, Missouri. Thanks Eads for his present of field glasses, and discusses Eads' model of a new gun carriage., 1869 July 9
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
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:
1869 July 9
Letter signed James B. Eads, St. Louis, to Rear Admiral J.A. Dahlgren. Describes the work that Dahlgren's son will be assigned on Eads' bridge project, and describes process of sinking the piers for the bridge. [accession number: 57-0153], 1869 July 18
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
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:
1869 July 18
Letter signed Gideon Welles, Hartford, to [James B. Eads]. Discusses bonds he will buy on Eads' recommendation., 1869 Nov 18
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
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:
1869 Nov 18
Letter signed Henry T. Blow, Petropolis, to James B. Eads. Discusses Blow's hopes for Eads' bridge; plans to show letter to Secretary of Foreign Affairs in Brazil. Suggests Eads go to marble creek in Madison City for materials to build piers and inquires about the purchase of steel., 1870 Feb 23
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
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:
1870 Feb 23
Letter signed G.V. Fox [Gustavus V. Fox], Lowell, Massachusetts, to James B. Eads. Discusses efforts Eads has put toward bridge, including "Captain Erickson vs. Eads" and staff fight. Also discusses finances: contributing money to bronze part of bridge, mortgages, and the gold market's influence on western railroads. Letter is written on letterhead of the Office of the Middlesex Company., 1870 Mar 10
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
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:
1870 Mar 10
Letter signed C. Schurz [Carl Schurz], Washington, to Captain James B. Eads. Schurz thanks Eads for suggestions and will heed advice given. Schurz also mentions he has communicated Eads' letter to Mr. Finkelnburg, and the information will be beneficial when the bill comes up in the House [of Representatives]., 1870 Apr 22
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
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:
1870 Apr 22
Letter signed Chas. A. Pope [Charles A. Pope], chief engineer's office, Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company, St. Louis, to Capt. Jas. B. Eads. Thanks Eads for the banquet he gave him., 1870 May 16
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
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:
1870 May 16
Letter signed Henry T. Blow, Petropolis, [Brazil], to Jas. B. Eads. Mentions Mr. Dickson's illness, sickness among his own family, his affairs in Brazil, and his upcoming move to Paris., 1870 Sept 24
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
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:
1870 Sept 24
Letter signed G.V. Fox [Gustavus V. Fox], Middlesex Company, Lowell, Mass. to Mr. Eads. Fox criticizes the character of Admiral Porter [David D. Porter]., 1871 Jan 3
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
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:
1871 Jan 3
Negative photostat copy of a satirical cartoon showing James Eads and the construction of the bridge, taken from Puck, Volume 1, Number 43., [1872?]
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
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:
[1872?]