Eustis, Abraham, fl. 1837 to Doctor Robert Archer

GLC01896.009

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GLC#
GLC01896.009-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1837/06/14
Author/Creator
Eustis, Abraham, fl. 1837
Title
to Doctor Robert Archer
Place Written
Hampton, Virginia
Pagination
3 p. : Height: 26 cm, Width: 21 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Requesting the doctor's observations on the "effects produced on the channel, the bar, and the more western wharves, by the repeated extension of the eastern, or steamboat wharf, and your opinion of the probable effects to be produced by its further extension." Also includes a two page response from Dr. Archer on the verso. Eustis (1786-1843) was the first commander of Fort Monroe and the founder of its Artillery school. He rose to the rank of Brevet Brigadier General. Written at Fort Monroe.

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