Box 1
Container
Contains 162 Results:
Reproduction of note signed Jas. B. Eads, New Orleans, to Henry Flad, St. Louis, Mo. "I enclose herewith a chart of the most recent soundings at the head of the pass by Mr. Corthell. It is very full in details, and will be readily comprehended" [courtesy of Engineers Club, St. Louis, November 12, 1953]., 1877 Apr 9
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:
1877 Apr 9
Letter signed A.P. de Carvalho Borges [Brazilian minister], Brazilian Legation, New York, to Capt. James B. Eads. Asks Eads to recommend a hydraulic engineer for the job of removing the obstructions to navigation of the River San Francisco., 1878 Aug 1
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:
1878 Aug 1
Memoranda of agreement between James B. Eads of St. Louis, Mo., and Alex. G. Cochran of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in which Cochran agrees to attend to all legal business of Eads and the late firm of James Andrews & Co., 1879 Mar 4
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
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:
1879 Mar 4
Reproduction of U.S. Treasury draft in the amount of $750,000 payable to James B. Eads., 1879 Mar 10
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
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:
1879 Mar 10
Letter signed T.W. Ferry, Washington, to Capt. James B. Eads. Advises Eads of the confirmation of the Mississippi River Improvement Commission as framed by the president. Letter is written on stationery of the United States Senate Chamber., 1879 July 1
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
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:
1879 July 1
Letter signed J.G. Blaine, Augusta, Maine, to James B. Eads. Wishes Eads good luck on his trip to Europe and its scientific object., 1879 Aug 16
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
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:
1879 Aug 16
James B. Eads' Mexican scrapbook. Includes clippings mostly from Mexican newspapers relating to his plan to build a ship railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (29 pages) [gift of Perry Post Taylor, June 8, 1932]., 1881
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11
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:
1881
Printed letter of James B. Eads, Washington, to Joseph Medill, editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, titled "The Ship Railway. Misrepresentations of the Chicago Tribune Corrected.", 1882 Mar 19
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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:
1882 Mar 19
Clipping from London Engineering regarding the awarding of the Albert Medal by the Council of the Society of Arts to James B. Eads., [1884]
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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:
[1884]
Proceedings of a Public Meeting Held in the Gentlemen's Parlor of the Southern Hotel on the Evening of November 4, 1885, to Consider the Subject of Building a Ship Railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (St. Louis, Mo.: Great Western Printing Co., 1885). (28 pages), 1885
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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:
1885