John A. Roebling letter to Elias Calkin & Co., 1850 May 25.

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John A. Roebling letter to Elias Calkin & Co., 1850 May 25.

This letter sent from Trenton, New Jersey, 25 May 1850, to Elias Calkin & Co. of Barryville, Sullivan County, New York, accompanied payment for lumber and spruce trees.

1 page + integral envelope.

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Roebling, John Augustus, 1806-1869

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John A. Roebling emigrated to New Jersey from Germany in 1831, abandoned farming, and returned to his profession of engineering. He moved to Trenton, N.J., in about 1848 and built a steel wire plant, operated as John A. Roebling's Sons Company. John A. Roebling designed many bridges and was the chief engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge. From the description of John A. Roebling letter to Elias Calkin & Co., 1850 May 25. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 73...

Elias Calkin & Co.

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