Box 7, Folder 5: Correspondence 1840-1843
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- 1840; 1841; 1842; 1843
- Description
This folder contains correspondence, both personal and professional, received and written by Increase Allen Lapham between the years of 1840 and 1843. Letters discuss Lapham's employment as a civil engineer on the Milwaukee & Rock River Canal, study of botany, and study of shells. Also included in the folder are receipts of pay for men who worked on the Milwaukee & Rock River Canal, Lapham's appointment to Chief Engineer for the Milwaukee & Rock River Canal, a map of the canal drawn by Lapham, deeds of gift for Lapham's publication ""A Catalogue of Plants Found in the Vicinity of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory"" and plants donated to Harvard College, and one newspaper clipping.
- Creator
Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Subjects
- Data & lists
Engineering
Grasses
Institutions & associations
Maps (included in folder)
Milwaukee & Rock River Canal
Milwaukee (city)
Personal & family life
Plants
Shells
Lapham, Darius: Dodge, Henry
Torrey, John
Sullivant, William S
Carpenter, William Marbury
Harvard College
Bartlett, John
Engelmann, George
Short, Charles Wilkins
Ridgway, Joseph
Gray, Asa
Espy, James P
Wilber, N. B
The Southport American
Oakis, William
Curtis, Moses Ashley
Wheatland, Henry
Darlington, William
Thomas, David - Type
- text
- Language
- English
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- Chicago citation style
- Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Box 7, Folder 5: Correspondence 1840-1843. 1840; 1841; 1842; 1843. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll7/id/7719. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875, (1840; 1841; 1842; 1843) Box 7, Folder 5: Correspondence 1840-1843. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll7/id/7719
- MLA citation style
- Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll7/id/7719>.