Letter : Washington, D.C., to Samuel S. Cox, [Washington, D.C.], 1888 Apr. 7.

ArchivalResource

Letter : Washington, D.C., to Samuel S. Cox, [Washington, D.C.], 1888 Apr. 7.

Partly printed letter signed. Signed by Vilas, Secretary of the Interior. Requests names of libraries where publications of the United States Geological Survey should be sent. Includes names of libraries Representative Cox suggests and his initials on verso.

1 item (2 p.).

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8237628

Texas Christian University

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gt5tbr (person)

Editor of Muskingum Messenger, Ohio state senator, U.S. congressman from Ohio and from New York. Cox was born in Zanesville, Ohio, graduated from Brown University in Providence, R.I., then studied law. He married Julia Buckingham and began practicing law in Zanesville in 1849. From the description of Correspondence, 1848. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 41091956 U.S. representative from Ohio and New York, diplomat, and author. From the description ...

Geological survey (U.S.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wd7pcw (corporateBody)

E.W. Glafcke was in charge of a crew during the United States Geological Survey's spirit leveling activities in Wyoming and Utah from 1896 to 1912. From the guide to the United States Geologic Survey photograph collection, 1892-1912, 1898-1902, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) First organized as a branch in 1889, the Topographic Division was established in 1947. From the description of Records of the Topographic Division. (Unknown). World...

Vilas, William F. (William Freeman), 1840-1908

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6348x8x (person)

Wisconsin law professor and Civil War lieutenant colonel who was appointed Postmaster-General by President Cleveland in 1885 and then in December, 1887, was transferred to the Department of the Interior. From the description of Letter, March 29, 1888. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 56089358 James Barron Hope was born 23 March 1829 in Norfolk, Virginia. He was the grandson of Commodore James Barron (1769-1851) and son of Wilton Hope and Jane Armis...

United States., Department of the Intérior

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68d3k69 (corporateBody)

The Alaska Public Works Program was authorized during the 81st Congress through the Alaska Public Works Act, Public Law 264. The Act authorized the General Services Administration to construct public works in Alaska, at a total cost of $70 million, then to sell them to the Territory of Alaska or other public bodies in Alaska at a purchase price that would recover approximately 50% of the total estimated cost. The authority, set to expire June 30, 1955, was extended to June 30, 1959. The program ...