Papers, 1816-1915.

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Papers, 1816-1915.

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Includes correspondence, 1817-1867, of Andrew Talcott relating to his career in the engineering corps of the United States Army, various railway projects (the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, and the Mexican Imperial Railway), as chief engineer for the Commonwealth of Virginia, and surveyor on the Maine-Canadian border; also his diaries, 1838-1880, account books, 1828-1878, commonplace books, 1819-1872, and other papers. Papers of Thomas Mann Randolph Talcott include correspondence, 1861-1915, concerning railroad projects, accounts, 1869-1874, and scrapbook, 1890-1915. Also include letterbook, 1864-1865, of George Russell Talcott. Additional material, 1861-1865, pertains to the 1st Regiment of the Engineer Corps of the Confederate States Army of Northern Virginia.

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Talcott, Thomas Mann Randolph, 1838-

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Talcott family.

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Represented are Andrew Talcott (1797-1883), graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., member of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (and aid-de-camp to Robert E. Lee), chief engineer of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and engineer for numerous railroad projects; Thomas Mann Randolph Talcott (1838-1920), Confederate States Army Corps of Engineers; and George Russell Talcott (b. 1841), also an engineer. From the description of Papers, 1816-1915. (Virginia Hi...

Talcott, George Russell, b. 1841.

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Talcott, Andrew, 1797-1883

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Soldier and engineer. From the description of Papers of Andrew Talcott, 1865-1866. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455866 Army Officer, engineer, astronomer, and surveyor. While working on the Michigan-Ohio boundary line, he devised a method of determining terrestrial latitudes through the observation of stars near the senith, dapting the senith telescope to the purpose. "Talcott's method" was first described in the "Journal of the Franklin Institute (October 1838), and its...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Confederate States of America. Army. Corps of Engineers, 1st Regiment.

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Richmond and Danville Railroad Company

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Incorporated in Virginia in 1847; main line opened in 1856 from Richmond to Danville, Va. (140 miles); grew through purchase, lease, and other means to 3300 miles of railroad by 1890; controlled by Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse Company (1886-1894); reorganized as Southern Railway Company in 1894. From the description of Records, 1847-1894. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28410076 Stem (Granville Co.), N.C. railroad company. From the ...