Box 1
Container
Contains 162 Results:
Contemporary copy of letter of Barton Able, St. Louis, to James B. Eads. Regarding the appraisal of Submarine No. 7 and designs to convert it into a gunboat., 1861 Sept 30
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 30
Note written on back of a piece of stationery of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Co.: "Correspondence relating to Meigs' charges of fraudulent sale of Submarine No. 7 to the U.S. afterwards altered into the gunboat Benton. Meigs was too mean to acknowledge his injustice.", [1861 Oct?]
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 Oct?]
Letter signed James B. Eads, St. Louis, to Brigadier General M.C. Meigs. States that O.D. Filley will present documents in the case of Submarine No. 7 that will exonerate Eads from any wrongdoing., 1861 Oct 9
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 Oct 9
Letter signed James B. Eads, St. Louis, to Brigadier General M.C. Meigs. Requests to know if the evidence he submitted via Mr. Filley was satisfactory and if Meigs is convinced of his innocence., 1861 Oct 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 Oct 29
Contemporary copy of letter of James B. Eads, St. Louis, to Colonel F.P. Blair. Encloses letter of Eads to Brigadier General Meigs regarding Meigs wrongful charges against him. Also encloses report of Captain Foote to Meigs recommending expenditure for Submarine No. 7., 1861 Oct 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 Oct 29
Letter signed James B. Eads, St. Louis, to Attorney General Edward Bates. States that he has not been fully paid for his work on the gunboat Benton. Contains detailed description of the Benton. Recommends that Jos. Sandford [Joseph Sandford] receive a higher commission than lieutenant., 1861 Nov 10
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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 Nov 10
Letter signed Edward Bates, Attorney General's Office, to James B. Eads, St. Louis. States that Quartermaster General Meigs says that he cannot now send any money for the Benton., 1861 Dec 2
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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 Dec 2
Provost marshal's pass, St. Louis, granted to James B. Eads, permitting him to go to Cairo, Illinois., 1861 Dec 19
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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 Dec 19
Letter signed Miss Tilly Bates to [James B. Eads?]. Sends her love to cousins James and Genevieve., [1862?]
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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:
[1862?]
Letter signed Frank P. Blair, Jr., to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Gustavus V. Fox. Recounts steps taken by himself, Eads, and Fox in making contract for $530,000 for four ships awarded to Eads. Contains note written by Eads: "The Department was released by me from this contract at the request of Capt. Fox.", [1862?]
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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:
[1862?]