Letterbook, 1832-1839; bulk: 1832-1835.

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Letterbook, 1832-1839; bulk: 1832-1835.

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Letterbook containing copies of letters to and from architect and civil engineer Alexander Parris as superintendent of the U.S. Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Mass., 28 Nov. 1832 - 28 Dec. 1835. The letters concern plans for the construction and furnishing of the hospital under Parris's supervision, cost estimates, and issues relating to his pay. In addition to his work on the hospital, Parris also supervised work on a dry dock and ropewalk at the Charlestown Navy Yard and a powder magazine in Chelsea. The vol. also contains a few letters from 1839 when Parris was sent to Portsmouth, N.H. to oversee the rebuilding of a wharf. Correspondents include William Bainbridge and Loammi Baldwin.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Baldwin, Loammi, 1780-1838

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Loammi Baldwin, 1780-1838, class of 1800, Harvard College, was a lawyer and later a civil engineer whose projects included canal construction and harbor improvement, railroads, water power projects, and city water supplies. He was in charge of the design and construction of dry docks at the Charlestown, Massachusetts, and Norfolk, Virginia, Navy Yards. His father (Loammi Baldwin, 1745-1807) was one of New England's first civil engineers, and his brothers, James Fowle Baldwin and George Rumford B...

Bainbridge, William, 1774-1833

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Commodore of the U.S. Navy; of Princeton, N.J. From the description of Pay order, 1829 Sept. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70965932 From the description of Receipt, 1829 Apr. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70965933 U.S. Navy officer. From the description of Papers of William Bainbridge, 1804-1828. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130858 American naval officer From the guide to the William Bainbridge letters and documents, 1807-18...

Parris, Alexander, 1780-1852

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Engineer and architect. From the description of Letter, 1812 Nov. 12, Boston, to Jonathan Richards, New York. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 190870981 Alexander Parris (1780-1852), architect and builder, began as an apprentice to a carpenter in Pembroke, Me., and worked as an architect in Portland, Me., before his enlistment as captain of a company of engineers during the War of 1812. Afterwards, Parris settled in Boston, where he performed his most important work, ...

United States. Naval Hospital (Chelsea, Mass.)

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