Robert Mills papers, 1822-1965.

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Robert Mills papers, 1822-1965.

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Chiefly notes and articles re Mill's work as an architect in Charleston, S.C., Columbia, S.C., Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, Pa.; including letter, 3 Mar. 1826, Monticello, Va., from Thomas Jefferson, thanking Mills for the recent gift of a S.C. map, commending Mills' work on a S.C. atlas, plans for an Obelisk monument, and inviting Mills and family to visit Monticello. Volume, 1824-1846, Some Letters of Robert Mills, Engineer and Architect, correspondence re construction; and illustrated certificates issued to donors who helped fund construction of the Washington Monument; petition, c. 1827, to S.C. Senate, Columbia, S.C., re Mills' request for a pay advance for his current work, Atlas of the State of South Carolina; letter, 12 Dec. 1827, Thomas S. Grimke, Chairman, S.C. Senate committee appointed on Robert Mills' petition recommending Mills' petition be approved. Letter, 27 Mar. 1838, to Hugh Swinton Legare, re congressional controversy over location, design, and material used in the U.S. Treasury fire-proof building in Washington, D.C.; letter, 9 Aug. 1838, Washington, D.C., to Benjamin Ogle Taylor, re Taylor's aid in securing a bank loan for mantel pieces in the new U.S. Treasury building. Diary, 1828-1830, re daily activities, family affairs and social activities; various sketches of design ideas and inventions, statues, houses, and public buildings; also including letter, 23 July 1834, Washington, D.C., to Noah Amherst Phelps, Middletown, Conn., re construction of Phelps' new customs house, expenses involved, contractors, designing fireproof structures, and plans for a customs house for U.S. Congress. Letter, 31 Oct. 1842, Washington, D.C., to John C. Spencer, Secretary of War, re architecture plans for military barracks used by the Department of Defense; letter, 11 Jan. 1930, Charles C. Wilson to Yates Snowden, re collection of funds for a proposed monument; undated architectural plans for Episcopal church on John's Island, S.C.; undated manuscript, re tuning a piano; and undated correspondence re research material on Robert Mills.

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