John Jeffrey Papers, 1836-1879.

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John Jeffrey Papers, 1836-1879.

Collection of correspondence, reports, contracts, estimates, specifications, drawings, accounts, and engineering notebooks of Jeffrey. Included are letters to the firm of John Jeffrey & Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio), time books, receipt books, and account books of the company, 1852-1859; papers concerning the gasworks built by the company in many southern and midwestern cities and in Havana and Matanzas, Cuba, from the plans of John Jeffrey; letters from Clarence George Keats, Jeffrey' stepson, and business associate; letters, 1868, from Alexander Jeffrey concerning the administration of the estate of their brother, William Jeffrey; notes, plans, and specifications of iron gunboats for river service proposed to be built by John Jeffrey at Cincinnati in 1861 and 1862; and contracts concerning the preparation of Ohio River steam rams, 1862. Also includes papers concerning the resumption of operations of the Vicksburg Gas Co. in 1863; and engineering notebooks kept at Utica, N.Y., and Louisville, Ky., 1837-1841, containing measurements of Louisville streets made for the Louisville Gas Co.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7603731

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Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.)

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John Jeffrey & Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio).

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Evansville Gas Light Co. (Evansville, Ind.)

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Frankfort Gas Co. (Frankfort, Ky.)

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Spanish Gas-Light Company of Havana

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Vicksburg Gas Light Co. (Vicksburg, Miss.)

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Nashville Gas Light Company

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Jeffrey, Alexander, 1815-1899.

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Business executive of New York and Ky. President of the Lexington City Gas Co. From the description of Alexander Jeffrey Papers, 1835-1899. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49243679 ...

Memphis Gas Light Co. (Memphis, Tenn.)

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Jeffrey, Georgiana Keats, ca. 1801-1879.

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Covington Gas Light Co. (Covington, Ky.)

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Louisville Gas Co.

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Cleveland Gas Light & Coke Co. (Cleveland, Ohio)

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Keats, Clarence George, 1830-1861.

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Cincinnati Gas Light and Coke Company

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Lexington Gas Co. (Lexington, Ky.)

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Montgomery Gas Light Co. (Montgomery, Ala.)

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Keats, George, 1797-1841

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Jeffrey, John, 1817-1881.

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Architect, engineer, and businessman of New York, Ohio, and Ky. From the description of John Jeffrey Papers, 1836-1879. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49243680 ...