Commentary on Richard Boyse Osborne, 1962 [microform].

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Commentary on Richard Boyse Osborne, 1962 [microform].

The commentary fills 59 frames of microfilm. It is a typescript with corrections in longhand. It follows the organization of the journals, which cover Richard B. Osborne's life from about 1829 to 1857.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6705587

Hagley Museum & Library

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Osborne, Richard B. (Richard Boyse), 1815-1899

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Richard Boyse Osborne, a prominent civil engineer and "father of Atlantic City," was born in London on November 3, 1815, and died in Glenside, Pa., on November 28, 1899. Osborne was educated at Bannow and Waterford, Ireland, and at Bath, England. In 1834 he sailed to New York and travelled to Upper Canada via the Erie Canal and Detroit in the company of two relatives, Townsend and George Gahan. Late in 1835 Osborne was in the Chicago area where he helped to lay out sever...

Stephenson, Robert, 1803-1859

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Carr family.

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Carr, George, d. 1824.

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Graves family.

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Osborne, John H. (John Humfrey), 1818-1894

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Osborne family.

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Osborne, John C.

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John C. Osborne was the grandson of Richard Boyse Osborne (1815-1899), a civil engineer who constructed railroads in the U.S. and Ireland. He donated his grandfather's journals to the National Library of Ireland along with a commentary. From the description of Commentary on Richard Boyse Osborne, 1962 [microform]. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122405645 ...

Vignoles, Charles Blacker, 1793-1875

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Epithet: Creator of Mss Eur D162 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x0003da In 1844 the construction of the Chester and Holyhead Railway was authorised in order to speed up communication between London and Ireland. As a result, Holyhead grew into an important port. Previously, proposals had been made for the railway route to go from Bangor to Porth Dinllaen. For an account of the c...

Osborne, R. B. (Richard Boyse), 1791-1853.

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Boyse family.

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