Notebook, [ca. 1839].

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Notebook, [ca. 1839].

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The notebook contains 14 separate specifications for canal and railroad work copied in longhand and a 15th in the form of an inserted printed handbill. The entries are not in chronological order and were probably copied as a single endeavor, most likely in 1838 or 1839, to serve as a reference volume and model for specification writing.

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