Additional papers of Montgomery C. Meigs, 1799-1967 [microform].

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Additional papers of Montgomery C. Meigs, 1799-1967 [microform].

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Correspondence, diaries, and journals, family papers, financial papers, drawings and plans, and other papers, chiefly 1799-1900. Includes material relating to the death of Meigs's son, John Rodgers Meigs (1842-1864), correspondence with his wife Luisa Rodgers Meigs and papers of his son, Montgomery Meigs (1847-1931). Correspondents include Ambrose E. Burnside, Simon Cameron, Jefferson Davis, John B. Floyd, Horace Greely, Joseph Henry, Joseph Holt, George B. McClellan, William H. Seward, and Edward M. Stanton.

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HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library

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HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library

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Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892

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Montgomery C. Meigs was an army officer and engineer. He was born in Augusta, Ga. on May 3, 1816. Meigs graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1836, where he studied civil and military engineering. Meigs was engaged in several federal engineering and surveying projects from 1836 to 1851. Between 1852 and 1860, he was supervising engineer for the Washington Aqueduct and for the U.S. Capitol dome and wings. Meigs served as a brigadier general during the Civil War and parti...

Meigs, Montgomery, 1847-1931

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Civil engineer. From the description of Collection, 1986. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17869349 U.S. civil engineer. One of seven children of General Montgomery C. (1816-1892) and Louisa (Rodgers) Meigs. Studied at Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard University and Royal Polytechnical School at Stuttgart, Germany. Resident engineer on surveys for Northern Pacific Railroad Company, 1870-1873. From 1874 employed on improvemen...

Meigs, John Rodgers, 1842-1864

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