Applications for employment as assistant engineer, 1829-1858.

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Applications for employment as assistant engineer, 1829-1858.

Letters of application and recommendations. Applicants include: Joseph R. Anderson (1837-1838); Clement B. Barrett (1836); Robert H.B. Brazier (1831-1832); William H. Breuer (1837-1838); E.T. Bridges (1850); Samuel Brooke (1836); James Callaghan (1832); Joseph B. Conard (1837); Thomas J.B. Cramer (1849-1850); Samuel Dale (1847; 1850; 1858); Charles Dimmock (1836); Wilson M.C. Fairfax (1837); J. Farley (1831); Edward F. Gay (1837); Basil Gordon (1850); David B. Gretter (1838); Walter Gwynn (1833-1835); Luther Haymond (1838); J.W. King (1836); Nathaniel Kuykendall (1850); John Martineau (1831); R.T. Mason (1849); William Matthews (1832; 1834); James McCally (1837; 1850); William H. Morell (1837-1838); Thomas Mumford (1836); William S. Naylor (1836); C.A. Sharp (1850); Charles B. Shaw (1846; 1850); A.H. Sheppard (n.d.); John L. Smith (1836); George E. Taylor (1850); Hugh P. Taylor (1829); William R. Teller (1856).

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