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Letter from Benjamin Henry Latrobe to Thomas More discussing the removal of the “shoal in the Delaware,” European engineers, and other seemingly friendly scholarly debate, 1811 January 20

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Though this collection contains newspaper clippings, biographical sketches, and journals, etc., it mostly consists of correspondence, related to the Latrobe family beginning with Benjamin Henry Latrobe Sr. (1764-1820) who designed the U.S. Capitol. The subjects of the letters and diaries deal with familial matters and the work done by B.H. Latrobe Sr. and his sons, Benjamin Henry Latrobe Jr. (1806-1878), and grandsons, Charles Hazlehurst Latrobe (1833-1902), after him on architectural...
Dates: 1811 January 20