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Swift, W. H. (William Henry), 1800-1879. Correspondence.

Title: Correspondence. 1820-1857.

Army officer and military engineer. Letters written to his brother General Joseph G. Swift. Letters include news of Swift's friend, George W. Whistler, engineer and father of the artist, James Whistler.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8087238 View

Swift, J. G. (Joseph Gardner), 1783-1865. Joseph G. Swift correspondence, 1809-1862, bulk (1820s-1850s).

Title: Joseph G. Swift correspondence, 1809-1862, bulk (1820s-1850s).

Collection consists entirely of correspondence of Swift and members of his family.

ArchivalResource: Originals: .3 linear foot (1 box).Copies: 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122517757 View

Joseph G. Swift correspondence, 1809-1862, 1820s-1850s

Title: Joseph G. Swift correspondence 1809-1862 1820s-1850s

Joseph Gardner Swift (1783-1865) was a civil engineer and officer in the U.S. Army. He was one of two students of the first graduating class in 1802 of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. By the age of twenty-eight he was a colonel and Chief Engineer of the Army. His projects included the completion of Fort Clinton (New York City) and during the War of 1812 the fortifications of western Long Island harbors and New York City. He resigned his commission in 1818 and served as Surveyor of the Port of New York until 1826, then as chief engineer for several railroads, and in 1829 he directed harbor improvements on the Great Lakes. Swift also was involved in a variety of business activities and was a friend and mentor to younger engineers including George Washington Whistler and William Gibbs McNeill (both of them were his brothers-in-law). Collection consists entirely of correspondence of Swift and members of his family. Most of the letters, 1825-1857, were written to Swift from his brother, William Henry Swift, and from his brother-in-law, George Washington Whistler. Whistler's letters include several written from Russia while he was working on construction of the Moscow/St. Petersburg railroad. Also, correspondence of Swift and Whistler, 1809-1862, with various correspondents, and letters exchanged among members of the Swift, Whistler and McNeill families.

ArchivalResource: .3 linear foot (1 box); 1 microfilm reel

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2935 View

Boston and Albany Railroad Co. records, 1829-1916 (inclusive), 1831-1875 (bulk)

Title: Boston and Albany Railroad Co. records 1829-1916 (inclusive), 1831-1875 (bulk)

The records of the Boston and Albany Railroad Co., its predecessors and branches, circa 1829 to 1916. Includes directors' records, stock records, transportation and engineering records and surveys, financial records, and correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 114 linear feet (342 v., 69 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/bak00034/catalog View

Butterfield, Justin, 1790-1855. Letters : Chicago, to William H. Swift and Gerrit Smith, 1846 May 13-Sept. 14.

Title: Letters : Chicago, to William H. Swift and Gerrit Smith, 1846 May 13-Sept. 14.

Letters, dated May 13, June 27, and Sept. 14, 1846, from Justin Butterfield, to William H. Swift in Peterboro, N.Y.; and Gerritt Smith, on matters concerning the construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal.

ArchivalResource: 3 items ([4] leaves) ; 32 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45267437 View