Papers regarding Delaware Bay shipwrecks, 1889-1892.

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Papers regarding Delaware Bay shipwrecks, 1889-1892.

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Collection of letters relating to the removal of the wreck of the bark Il Salvatore, the barge Shears, and several other unspecified ships referred to as the East, West, and North wrecks, from the mouth of the Delaware Bay. The removals were carried out under contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by F.C. Maull (Il Salvatore) and C.W. Johnston (Shears, East, West, North). The Corps of Engineers' Philadelphia office was responsible for overseeing these projects, first under the supervision of Lt. Colonel Henry M. Robert and then of Major C.W. Raymond. The majority of letters in this collection were written by Alfred Bunting, an inspector, presumably with the Corps of Engineers, as progress reports to Robert and Raymond. A large number of the other letters consist of requests from Maull and Johnston for extensions to their deadlines for removing the wrecks. Also included in the collection is Maull's Contractor's Bond for the removal of the Il Salvatore wreck.

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United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Philadelphia District

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Shears (Barge)

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United States. Army. Corps of Engineers

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The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is an engineer formation of the United States Army that has three primary mission areas: engineer regiment, military construction, and civil works. The day-to-day activities of the three mission areas are administered by a lieutenant general known as the commanding general/chief of engineers. The chief of engineers commands the engineer regiment, composed of combat engineer army units, and answers directly to the chief of staff of the army. Comba...

Bunting, Alfred

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Il Salvatore (Bark)

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