Letterbook, 1852.

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Letterbook, 1852.

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Letter press copies of letters of General Herman Haupt, written during his employment as chief engineer of the Georgia, Mississippi and Southern Railroad. They relate to his managerial activities and contribute information on the growth and extension of transportation facilities in the South.

300 p. ; 0 cm.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Georgia, Mississippi and Southern Railroad.

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Haupt, Herman, 1817-1905

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Herman Haupt was born in Philadelphia in 1817 and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1835. He resigned his commission to become a civil engineer. He was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad and in 1856 undertook work on the Hoosac Tunnel for the Troy and Greenfield Railroad in Massachusetts. From 1862 to 1863 he served as chief of construction and transportation on the United States military railroads and retired with the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers. In 1876 he und...