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Montgomery C. Meigs papers, 1799-1971

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BOX 48-50 REEL 20-23** Addition I: Miscellany, 1815-1971
Biographical data; insurance, estate, and financial matter; specifications and contract material regarding the building of the Washington Aqueduct; drawings, sketches, and watercolors; house design data collected by Meigs; and miscellaneous photographs and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
**Available on microfilm. Shelf no. 18,202.1
BOX 48 REEL 20** Biographical sketch and memorial record, 1892, undated
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Check stubs, 1854-1856
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Design for houses, 1867 See Oversize
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Drawings and sketches, 1835-1876, undated See Oversize
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Drawings and watercolors, 1835-1876, undated See also Oversize
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Estate account book, 1892
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Estate of G. L. Meigs, 1894-1895, undated
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Insurance papers, 1846-1869, 1891-1901, undated
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Li cinque ordini di Architettura del Vignola (Milano, 1863 )
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Military pay vouchers, 1867-1868
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Photographs, 1866-1870, undated See also Oversize
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BOX 48 REEL 21** Printed matter, 1815-1971 See also Oversize
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BOX 49 REEL 21** Real estate, 1867-1886 See also Oversize
1 of 2
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2 of 2
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Receipts from European trip, 1868
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BOX 49 REEL 22** Washington Aqueduct, Washington, D.C., specifications and contracts
1857
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BOX 50 REEL 22** 1858
1 of 3
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2 of 3
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3 of 3
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Oddments and fragments, 1855-1861, 1873, undated
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BOX 51-52not filmed Addition II: Miscellany, 1845-1891
An inscribed Book of Common Prayer, correspondence, poetry by John Rodgers Meigs, and translated texts of shorthand journals.
Arranged alphabetically by title or type of material.
BOX 51 Book of Common Prayer, inscribed, 1845, 1861
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Correspondence, 1879 , 1891
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Poem by John Rodgers Meigs, photocopy and typewritten transcript, circa 1859-circa 1863 , undated
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Transcripts of shorthand journals, undated
Index
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Vol. 1, 1853-1854
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Vol. 2, 1855
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BOX 52 Vol. 3, 1856
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Vol. 4, 1857
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Vol. 5, 1858
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Vol. 6, 1859, 1861
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BOX OV 1-OV 10 Oversize, 1835-1885
Drawings, watercolors, plans, photographs, maps, and printed matter, some of which were removed from bound volumes.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed after filming. Some items from Addition I: Miscellany were filmed as separated oversize material rather than in their original locations.
*Available on microfilm. Shelf no. 18,202
**Available on microfilm. Shelf no. 18,202.1
BOX OV 1 Diaries, journals and notebooks
Journals
1857 (Container 10, Reel 13*)
1860 (Container 12, Reel 15*)
Correspondence, military orders, and related matter
General, 1867, 1875 (Container 15, Reel 16*)
Miscellany
Account books, 1879 (Container 19, Reel 24*)
Drawings, 1876-1879 (Container 21, Reel 25*)
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BOX OV 2 Maps, 1864, 1882, 1889, undated (Container 22, Reel 25*)
Printed matter
Pamphlets, 1867 , 1885, undated (Container 24, Reel 26*)
Scrapbooks
Pension Office building, Washington, D.C., 1882-1883 (Container 24, Reel 26*)
War miscellany, 1861, undated (Container 24, Reel 26*)
BOX OV 3 Sketches, 1856-1860, undated (Container 25, Reel 27*)
Addition I: Family papers
Meigs, John Rogers
Other papers
Report on First Battle of Bull Run, Va., 1861 (Container 27, Reel 2**)
Meigs, Montgomery C. (1816-1892)
Correspondence
Meigs, Charles Delucena, 1861 (Container 31, Reel 5**)
Meigs, Montgomery (1847-1931)
Other papers
Lecture book from Stuttgart Polytechnic, Stuttgart, Germany, 1867-1868 (Container 37, Reel 11**)
BOX OV 4 Addition I: Miscellany
Design for houses, 1867 (Container 48, Reel 23**)
1 of 3
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BOX OV 5 2 of 3
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BOX OV 6 3 of 3
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BOX OV 7 Drawings and sketches, 1835-1876, undated (Container 48, Reel 20 **)
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BOX OV 8 Drawings and watercolors, 1835-1876, undated (Container 48, Reels 20** and 23**)
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BOX OV 9 Drawings and sketches, 1835-1876, undated (Container 48, Reel 20 **)
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BOX OV 10 Photographs, 1866-1870, undated (Container 48, Reels 20** and 23**)
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Printed matter, 1865 (Container 48, Reel 21**)
Real estate, 1867, 1879 (Container 49, Reel 21**)

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