Robert E. Lee engineering notebook

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unitid

{"value"=>"1719", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 1719", "type"=>"local_call"}

origination

{"value"=>"Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Robert E. Lee engineering notebook"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1841-1842", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1841/1842"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".15 linear foot (1 v.)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 85M13"}

{"date"=>"1925", "source"=>"King, S.F", "method"=>"Deposit", "value"=>"<p>Deposit, King, S.F, 1925</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Notebook was kept by Lee when he was an army engineer stationed at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, New York. Notebook consists of 53 leaves containing structural and technical sketches, mensural data, mathematical calculations, and architectural, engineering and surveying notes relating to Forts Hamilton, Morton, Richmond, Lafayette and Battery Hudson.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

date_start

1841

keydate

1841

date_end

1842

date_inclusive_start

1841

date_inclusive_end

1842

extent_statement

.15 linear feet (1 v.)

prefercite

{"value"=>"Robert E. Lee engineering notebook, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Notebook was kept by Lee when he was an army engineer stationed at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, New York. Notebook consists of 53 leaves containing structural and technical sketches, mensural data, mathematical calculations, and architectural, engineering and surveying notes relating to Forts Hamilton, Morton, Richmond, Lafayette and Battery Hudson.", "generated"=>true}

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