Papers, 1866-1873.

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Papers, 1866-1873.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20836373

Collection contains 40 letters, 1868-1871, to Warfield from civil engineer Banjamin Henry Latrobe while Latrobe was Chief Engineer for the Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad Company and Warfield was his employee. There are also five letters, 1872-1873, from Latrobe's son, Charles H. Latrobe, a civil engineer with the Baltimore Bridge Company. Other items are from prominent Union and Confederate figures in railroad and bridge construction. Letters includes detailed discussions of the costs of constructing railroad bridges and trestles and of the purchasing of locomotives, box cars, and supplies.

160 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7001657

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1806-1878

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Warfield, Albert Gallatin, d. 1883.

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Civil engineer from Howard County, Md. Served in the 1st Maryland Cavalry, C.S.A. In the early 1870s Warfield travelled to Japan as part of the American Scientific Commission led by General Horace Capron. From the description of Papers, 1866-1873. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20836373 ...

Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad.

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Latrobe, Charles Hazlehurst.

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