Box 1
Container
Contains 162 Results:
Letter signed C. Schurz [Carl Schurz], Narragansett Pier, R.I., to Capt. Eads. Mentions that he will leave soon for St. Louis and regrets that Eads will not be there. Mentions that Eads' personal advocacy of his [Eads] plans before the commission will be needed. Encourages Eads to visit his brother-in-law Heinrich C. Meyer in Hamburg, Germany., 1874 July 27
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:
1874 July 27
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
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
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:
1874 July 28
Program and menu for a complimentary banquet to Captain James B. Eads by the citizens of St. Louis at the Southern Hotel. (2 copies), [1875] Mar 23
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
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:
[1875] Mar 23
Letter signed Whitelaw Reid, New York Tribune, New York, to Capt. James B. Eads, St. Louis, Mo. States that he hopes to buy a larger and more expensive house in New York, and that he does not intend to put any money in the Mississippi venture [gift of Jesse McDonald, August 1927]., 1875 Mar 23
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
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:
1875 Mar 23
Contract between James B. Eads and James Andrews and Company of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, for building jetties to create a channel between the South Pass of the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico (14 pages) [gift of Jesse McDonald, August 1925]., 1875 Apr 17
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
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:
1875 Apr 17
Letter signed Jas. B. Eads, office of South Pass Jetty Works, New Orleans, to F.E. Sickles, New York. ". . . . I am anxious to go on with my suit against the New York Bridge Co. . . . We commenced work at the Mouth of the Mississippi a few days ago. The first dwelling house was coupled yesterday. A force of about 150 men are at work, building wharfs &c. &c. We will begin the construction of the jetties within a week" [accession number: 75-0035]., 1875 June 18
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
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:
1875 June 18
Reproduction of letter signed Jas. B. Eads, New York, to my dear Flad. Eads states that a new company has been formed to build a bridge across the East River at Blackwells Island, and that he has recommended Flad’s appointment as chief engineer of the project [courtesy of Engineers Club, St. Louis, November 12, 1953]., 1875 Aug 10
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
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:
1875 Aug 10
Reproduction of letter signed Jas. B. Eads, [New York], to Col. Henry Flad. Explains the previous letter he sent to Flad [courtesy of Engineers Club, St. Louis, November 12, 1953]., 1875 Sept 6
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
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:
1875 Sept 6
Letterpress copy of letter signed J.H. Wilson, New York, to Capt. James B. Eads. Regarding agreement between General Horace Porter and Eads relating to Eads' improvement of the South Pass of the Mississippi River., 1876 July 6
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
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:
1876 July 6
Document signed Jas. B. Eads referring to the letter of J.H. Wilson to Eads dated July 6, 1876. Eads disputes Wilson’s comments in this letter., 1876 July 22
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
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:
1876 July 22