Nicholas King family papers, (Record no. 44327)
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| LC control number | mm 95076244 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Description conventions | dacs |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | W |
| Source | lcmd |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | King, N. |
| Fuller form of name | (Nicholas), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1771-1812. |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Nicholas King family papers, |
| Inclusive dates | 1792-1987 |
| Bulk dates | (bulk 1792-1811). |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 30 |
| Type of unit | items. |
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| Type of unit | container plus |
| Extent | 1 |
| Type of unit | oversize. |
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| Extent | 0.4 |
| Type of unit | linear feet. |
| 506 0# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Open to research. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Papers of Nicholas King consist largely of journals (1793-1799) and transcribed excerpts from journals (1792-1811) describing travels in England; his voyage to America and first impressions there, particularly in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania; and his work as a surveyor and overseer of the construction of federal buildings in Washington, D.C. Also includes transcripts of letters from King and his father, Robert King, also an engineer and surveyor; drawings; sketches; and photographs. Papers of William Wade include a letter to his son, Nicholas King Wade; correspondence (1861) with Mark A. Cooper regarding a test for the strength of iron; visas; and a memorandum relating to his participation in an inspection tour, sponsored by the U.S. War Dept., of European cannon factories in 1840. Papers of Nicholas King Wade consist of letters (1856) to his sister, Elizabeth Stone Wade, describing his journey from Berlin, Germany, to Saint Petersburg, Russia, where he had a contract with the Russian government to manufacture ordnance. Also includes genealogies of the King and Wade families compiled in the 1980s. |
| 545 0# - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA | |
| Biographical or historical data | Family of Nicholas King, English-born engineer and surveyor of the city of Washington, D.C., including his son-in-law, Maj. William Wade, U.S. Army ordnance officer and, later, part owner of a series of steam engine and cannon foundries in Pittsburgh, Pa., and his grandson, Nicholas King Wade, engineer and foundry owner. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | Collection material in English. |
| 555 8# - CUMULATIVE INDEX/FINDING AIDS NOTE | |
| Cumulative index/finding aids note | Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008111">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008111</a> |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Cooper, Mark A. |
| Fuller form of name | (Mark Anthony), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1800-1885 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | King, Robert, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1740-1817 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Wade, Elizabeth Stone, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1840-1913 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 30 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | King family. |
| 600 30 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Wade family. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Army |
| General subdivision | Ordnance and ordnance stores. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | War Department. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Architecture |
| Geographic subdivision | Washington (D.C.) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Arsenals |
| Geographic subdivision | Europe. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Iron. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Iron industry |
| Geographic subdivision | Pennsylvania |
| -- | Pittsburgh. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Ordnance |
| Geographic subdivision | Europe. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Ordnance |
| Geographic subdivision | Russia. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Public buildings |
| Geographic subdivision | Washington (D.C.) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Surveying |
| Geographic subdivision | Washington (D.C.) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Voyages and travels. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Berlin (Germany) |
| General subdivision | Description and travel. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | England |
| General subdivision | Description and travel. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Pennsylvania |
| General subdivision | Description and travel. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| General subdivision | Description and travel. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Saint Petersburg (Russia) |
| General subdivision | Description and travel. |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Engineers. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Surveyors. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Wade, Nicholas King, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1823-1899. |
| Title of a work | Nicholas King Wade papers. |
| Date of a work | 1856. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Wade, William, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1789-1875. |
| Title of a work | William Wade papers. |
| Date of a work | 1840-1861. |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008111">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008111</a> |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid (PDF) |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008111.3">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008111.3</a> |
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