Ithiel Town papers, 1801-1855 (inclusive).

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Ithiel Town papers, 1801-1855 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702167015

Correspondence from John Allan, William Hayward and Theodore Strong, a notebook of mathematical exercises, photostatic copies of letters of patent for improvements on bridges and one architectural drawing of Jones Court, built in New York City for James I. Jones. Also included is a scrapbook assembled by Town's daughter, Etha Town Peters.

2.75 linear ft. (1 box, 1 folio).

Yale University Library

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Yale University Library

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Strong, Theodore, 1779-1855.

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Allan, John, 1777-1863

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Book collector. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Mrs. Hays in Toronto, 1856 Jan. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131645 ...

Hayward, William L. (William Leete), 1870-

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Peters, Etha L. Town, 1809-1871.

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Town, Ithiel, 1784-1844

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Ithiel Town was an architect and bridge builder. He studied with Asher Benjamin in Boston and was a partner with Alexander J. Davis for a few years. Town was a leader in the Greek and Gothic Revival styles in American architecture. But it was his profits from bridge building that enabled him to amass the largest library of art, architecture, and engineering books and prints in the United States. He began to sell off his library before his death in 1844. From the description of Auctio...