Michel Chevalier letters to Samuel Ruggles

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{"value"=>"Chevalier, Michel, 1806-1879", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"Michel Chevalier letters to Samuel Ruggles"}

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{"value"=>"1839-1850", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1839/1850"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Typed transcripts and translations available</p>"}

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abstract

{"value"=>"Six letters from French engineer and political economist Michel Chevalier to American politician and New York State commissioner of canals Samuel B. Ruggles. Letters concern the development of various public works in France and the United States; politics and revolutions in Europe (1848); Chevalier's meeting with American merchant William Henry Aspinwall, and Aspinwall's plans to build a railway across Panama; and Chevalier's requests for assistance in securing a position in the United States for his brother, Émile. In French"}

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1839

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1850

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1839

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.1 linear feet (1 folder)

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{"value"=>"Michel Chevalier letters to Samuel Ruggles, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

date_start

1839

date_end

1850

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