Henry Nutt papers, 1843-1881 [manuscript].

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Henry Nutt papers, 1843-1881 [manuscript].

Nutt was a Wilmington, N.C., merchant actively interested in the improvement of the city harbor and of navigation in the Cape Fear River. The collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and a few related items, almost all relating to the improvement of the river and the harbor, 1843-1881, and a manuscript report (29 p.), 1853, of U.S. Army engineers on the improvement of the river below Wilmington.

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Nutt, Henry, fl. 1843-1881.

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Henry Nutt (fl. 1843-1881), of Wilmington, N.C., was a merchant and director of the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad. He also served on the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce and was actively involved in the improvement of the city harbor and of navigation in the Cape Fear River. From the guide to the Henry Nutt Papers, ., 1843-1881, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

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...