Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham) 1816-1892 creator mixed material monographic eng 11,000 52 10 50 27 Correspondence, diaries, journals, notebooks, family papers, military papers, drawings, maps, plans, scrapbooks, photographs, sketches and studies, and other papers relating primarily to Meigs's work in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, his service as quartermaster general during the Civil War, and family matters. supervising construction in Maryland and Washington, D.C., on the Washington Aqueduct, additions to the U.S. Capitol, and the Pension Office building. Also includes material relating to the death of his son John Rodgers Meigs, and travels in Europe and Texas. Family papers include correspondence of Meig's wife, Louisa Rodgers Meigs, his father, Charles D. Meigs, and his brother, Emlen, and the papers of his son Montgomery Meigs (1847-1931). Correspondents include Spencer Fullerton Baird, James Buchanan, Bernhard Ernst von Bülow, Ambrose Everett Burnside, Simon Cameron, Adolph Cluss, Jefferson Davis, John B. Floyd, Horace Greeley, Joseph Henry, Joseph Holt, Charles P. Manning, George Brinton McClellan, Helmuth graf von Moltke, David Dixon Porter, Frederick William Seward, William Henry Seward, William T. Sherman, Edwin McMasters Stanton, and Joseph Gilbert Totten. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Microfilm edition available, in part, no. 18,202. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1981-1985. Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Army officer, engineer, architect, and scientist. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006021 Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887 Correspondence Buchanan, James 1791-1868 Correspondence Bülow, Bernhard Ernst von 1815-1879 Correspondence Burnside, Ambrose Everett 1824-1881 Correspondence Cameron, Simon 1799-1889 Correspondence Cluss, Adolph 1825-1905 Correspondence Davis, Jefferson 1808-1889 Correspondence Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan) 1806-1863 Correspondence Greeley, Horace 1811-1872 Correspondence Henry, Joseph 1797-1878 Correspondence Holt, Joseph 1807-1894 Correspondence Manning, Charles P Correspondence McClellan, George Brinton 1826-1885 Correspondence Meigs, Charles D. (Charles Delucena) 1792-1869 Correspondence Meigs, Emlen Correspondence Meigs, John Rodgers 1842-1864 Graf von Moltke, Helmuth 1800-1891 Correspondence Porter, David D. (David Dixon) 1813-1891 Correspondence Meigs, Louisa Rodgers Correspondence Seward, Frederick William 1830-1915 Correspondence Seward, William Henry 1801-1872 Correspondence Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh) 1820-1891 Correspondence Stanton, Edwin McMasters 1814-1869 Correspondence Totten, Joseph Gilbert 1788-1864 Correspondence United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. United States. Pension Bureau Buildings United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department. United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) Aqueducts Maryland Aqueducts Washington (D.C.) Architecture Washington (D.C.) Buildings Washington (D.C.) Europe Description and travel United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Texas Description and travel Washington Aqueduct (Md. and Washington, D.C.) Washington (D.C.) Buildings, structures, etc Architects Army officers Engineers Scientists Meigs, Montgomery, 1847-1931 mm 79032540 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms006021 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms006021.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006021 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006021.3 Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. DLC 791031 20260227111656.0 mm 79032540