Letters Sent, 1876
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the A. Walton White Evans Family papers (MC 03) documents the professional life of civil engineer A. Walton White Evans. Correspondence, journals, reports and articles provide documentation of Evans' work as a civil engineer and a consultant on railroad projects from 1838 to 1886. Family correspondence is dated primarily during the time of Evans' work in Chile and Peru from 1850 to 1860. His letters to his wife Anna are included in a series of her correspondence.The collection also contains a small amount of correspondence between Evans' parents Eliza and Thomas (1800-1815) and between Anna's parents Sarah and John Zimmerman (1841-1850). Correspondence and records from A. Walton White Evans' grandfather Anthony Walton White and his great-grandfather Anthony White were apparently collected by Walton who had a particular interest in their careers.
Dates
- Other: 1876
Creator
- From the Collection: Evans, W. W. (Walton White), 1817-1886 (Person)
Extent
From the Collection: 12.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
Letter sent to the Honorable Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State of the United States of America; Letter sent to the President, Ulysses S. Grant, Washington D.C.; Letter sent to Buy (?) Vienna M Re(?); Folder also includes a printed out copy from a House of Representatives meeting, 25th Congress, 2nd Session, from January 9th, 1838, Representative number 315, by Margaret White, representative of Colonel Anthony Walton White, on revolutionary claims regarding a settlement of continental paper money; Folder also contains an unfinished handwritten copy of this meeting
Repository Details
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