Amasa Stone, Jr. Papers 1874-1881

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Amasa Stone, Jr. Papers 1874-1881

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Amasa Stone, Jr. (1818-11-1883) was a contractor, railroad manager, financier, and philanthropist of Cleveland, Ohio. Collection consists of four bound letter books of correspondence.

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Stone, Amasa, 1819-1883

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Biography courtesy of the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History Amasa Stone, Jr. (1818-11-1883) was a contractor, railroad manager, financier, and philanthropist, born in Charlton, Massachusetts to Amasa and Esther (Boyden) Stone. He apprenticed in construction, and worked with his brother-in-law William Howe to perfect the Howe truss bridge, buying the patent rights in 1842 and eventually constructing hundreds of bridges using his own improved design. After buil...