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Box 2

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Contains 91 Results:

Last letter from Benjamin Henry Latrobe to his wife Mary Elizabeth Latrobe discussing a colleague who is ill, pipe being laid at the Water Works, and that she should not worry, he would be home soon. He died four days later, 1820 August 30

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 25
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: 1820 August 30

Letter from Mary Elizabeth Latrobe to Robert Goodloe Harper expressing her grief over the loss of her husband and seeking Harper’s advice, 1820 September 19

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 26
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: 1820 September 19

Letter from Mary Elizabeth Latrobe to Robert Goodloe Harper discussing a $600 debt being claimed of her by a Mr. Bellinghood (?), 1820 September 23

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 27
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: 1820 September 23

Letter from Mary Elizabeth Latrobe to Robert Goodloe Harper expressing her worry for her son Ben who also contracted yellow fever and her struggles with finances, 1820 October 5

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 28
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: 1820 October 5

Letter from Mary Elizabeth Latrobe to Robert Goodloe Harper discussing the workmen suing the Water Company for not paying them, 1820 November 4

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 29
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: 1820 November 4

Letter from Cristian I. Latrobe to her sister-in-law Mary Elizabeth Latrobe sending her consolations on the death of her brother Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1820 December 5

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 30
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: 1820 December 5

Obituary of Benjamin Henry Latrobe from The Literary Gazette or Journal of Criticism from Ackerman’s Repository, 1821 January

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 31
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: 1821 January

Letter from Mary Elizabeth Latrobe to Robert Goodloe Harper notifying him of their arrival at her brother’s home in Philadelphia and the seeking of funds from the Legislature for the continuation of her husband’s project, 1821 January 5

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 32
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: 1821 January 5

Letter from Mary Elizabeth Latrobe to Robert Goodloe Harper discussing her son Francis’s arrival and stay with them in Philadelphia, 1821 March 14

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 33
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: 1821 March 14

Letter from Mary Elizabeth Latrobe to her friend Juliana Miller speaking of her son Ben’s commencement, donations and other topics, circa 1820s

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 34
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: circa 1820s