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Additional authors

1. Ruggles, Samuel B. (Samuel Bulkley), 1800-1881

Description

1. .1 linear foot (1 folder)

Summary

1. Six letters from French engineer and political economist Michel Chevalier to American politician and New York State commissioner of canals Samuel B. Ruggles. Letters concern the development of various public works in France and the United States; politics and revolutions in Europe (1848); Chevalier's meeting with American merchant William Henry Aspinwall, and Aspinwall's plans to build a railway across Panama; and Chevalier's requests for assistance in securing a position in the United States for his brother, Émile. In French.

Subject

1. Aspinwall, William Henry, 1807-1875
2. Civil engineering -- France -- 19th century
3. Engineers -- France -- 19th century
4. Public works -- France -- 19th century
5. Europe -- Politics and government -- 1815-1848

Call number

1. MssCol 22295

Language

1. French

Access (note)

1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Additional formats (note)

1. Typed transcripts and translations available.

Author

1. Chevalier, Michel, 1806-1879.

Title

1. Michel Chevalier letters to Samuel Ruggles, 1839-1850.

Restricted access

1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Additional formats

1. Typed transcripts and translations available.

Occupation

1. Engineers France.

Added author

1. Ruggles, Samuel B. (Samuel Bulkley), 1800-1881, recipient.

Research call number

1. MssCol 22295