Asa Waldo Wildes daybook 1849-1864 1857 Wildes, Asa Waldo daybook

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Asa Waldo Wildes daybook 1849-1864 1857 Wildes, Asa Waldo daybook

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The Asa Waldo Wildes daybook contains an account of his 1857 trip from Detroit to Michigan's Upper Peninsula via Lake Huron and Lake Superior, as well as poetry, financial accounts, and a draft of an 1857 survey report.

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eng,

William L. Clements Library

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William L. Clements Library

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Wildes, A. W. (Asa Waldo), 1822-1894

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Asa Waldo Wildes was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, on August 2, 1822. Wildes, who studied civil engineering in his late teens, assisted in the construction of several railroads and eventually accepted leadership positions for railroads in Kentucky, Maine, and Michigan. In 1857, he became chief engineer for the Marquette & Ontonagon Railroad, and in 1859 he became chief engineer of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad. He moved to Maine just prior to the outbreak of the ...

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