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Lane, Samuel, d. 1822. Note of Samuel Lane, 1817.

Title: Note of Samuel Lane, 1817.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71014874 View

Haupt, Herman, 1817-1905. Herman Haupt papers, 1800-1984 (inclusive).

Title: Herman Haupt papers, 1800-1984 (inclusive).

The papers consist of Herman Haupt's business and personal correspondence, financial and legal papers, and writings, which were collected by Herman Haupt Chapman during his research on his grandfather's life. In addition, the papers include the manuscript of Chapman's unpublished biography, as well as transcripts of documents, photographs, additional family correspondence, diaries, and other family papers, and Chapman's own correspondence files which relate to his research and biographical writings. The papers highlight Haupt's career as a civil engineer, particularly his work on the Hoosac Tunnel and his subsequent legal contests with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and his service to the Union during the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 10 linear ft. (23 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122646512 View

Haupt, Herman, 1817-1905. Herman Haupt papers, 1800-1984 (inclusive).

Title: Herman Haupt papers, 1800-1984 (inclusive).

The papers consist of Herman Haupt's business and personal correspondence, financial and legal papers, and writings, which were collected by Herman Haupt Chapman during his research on his grandfather's life. In addition, the papers include the manuscript of Chapman's unpublished biography, as well as transcripts of documents, photographs, additional family correspondence, diaries, and other family papers, and Chapman's own correspondence files which relate to his research and biographical writings. The papers highlight Haupt's career as a civil engineer, particularly his work on the Hoosac Tunnel and his subsequent legal contests with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and his service to the Union during the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 10 linear ft. (23 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702205619 View

United States Commissioners of the City of Washington records, 1791-1869

Title: United States Commissioners of the City of Washington records, 1791-1869

Correspondence, proclamations, recommendations, and related documents concerning initial construction of the Federal City and later site designations for public use. Includes correspondence between Presidents Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Van Buren (as Vice President), Tyler, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, and Andrew Johnson and commissioners John B. Blake, Daniel Carroll, William Eagby, Benjamin B. French, Thomas Johnson, Samuel Lane, Richard Bland Lee, William Noland, Tench Ringgold, Gustavus Scott, David Stuart, William Thornton, John P. Van Ness, and Alexander White. Material dates chiefly from the administrations of Washington and Jefferson.

ArchivalResource: 125 items.1 oversize container.1 microfilm reel.

https://lccn.loc.gov/mm80018564 View

Lane, Samuel, d. 1822. Papers, 1817.

Title: Papers, 1817.

One letter in which Lane informs Congress the new Representative and Senate Chambers will be ready by the autumn of 1818. Dated 1817, the letter includes reports from James Hoban, who was put in charge of rebuilding the White House after it was destroyed in the War of 1812. Hoban gives a detailed account of materials, costs and interior finishing and reveals that the Oval Office was originally called the "Elliptical Saloon."

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46344963 View

Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844. Personal and family papers, 1817-1913.

Title: Personal and family papers, 1817-1913.

Papers and correspondence relating to Charles Bulfinch primarily discuss the completion of the U.S. Capitol building and Bulfinch's role as the Architect of Public Buildings from 1817-1829. Letters from William Lee, Samuel Lane, Harrison Gray Otis, Jean J. Elgar, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, President James Monroe, and William Ward discuss the possibility of Bulfinch's position. A second group of letters (1830-1835, 1843-1868), received by Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch includes: several letters from his brother, Thomas regarding visits, Stephen's ministry, vacation plans, and recent reading. Several letters from an aunt, Harriet Vaughan, Reverend E.A. Bartol regarding a manuscript, Ezra Stiles Gannett, William Ellery Channing soliciting advice on winter residences, Rev. Orville Dewey and Harriet Martineau on advice about Augusta, Georgia. A third group of letters (1855-1869), received by Thomas Bulfinch all pertain to his books, either thanking him for copies or complimenting him on the volumes. Correspondents include: Cornelius Conway Felton, John Gorham Palfrey, Jacob Abbot, Andrew Preston Peabody, William Hickling Prescott and Hannah Lamb. The collection also includes: a manuscript by Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge (1796-1876), Thomas Jefferson's granddaughter, reminiscing about Monticello, Jefferson's personal traits, his ability to entertain and his death. Other materials include: lyrics to 'O little town of Bethlehem' (Phillips Brooks), and a family scrapbook which contains clippings, obituaries, and poetry written by Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch.

ArchivalResource: 8 envelopes in box.

http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=375315 View