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- Creator
- Chevalier, Michel, 1806-1879
- Call number
- MssCol 22295
- Physical description
- .1 linear feet (1 folder)
- Preferred Citation
- Michel Chevalier letters to Samuel Ruggles, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Location
- MssCol 22295
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
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
Key terms
Names
Subjects
- Civil engineering -- France -- 19th century
- Engineers -- France -- 19th century
- Public works -- France -- 19th century
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Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328
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Typed transcripts and translations available