James E. Gerrell Notebook
name: label: Creator
content: Gerrell, James E. (lead pipe contractor)
label: Names
content: Griswould, N. L.
label: Names
content: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872
place: label: Place
content: Brooklyn (N.Y.) -- 1840-1850
label: Place
content: New York (N.Y.) -- 1840-1850
topic: label: Occupation
content: Lead pipe contractors
label: Topic
content: Surveying and surveying instruments
label: Topic
content: Pipe, Lead
label: Topic
content: Telegraph, Wireless
label: Topic
content: Electric machinery
label: Topic
content: Electrical engineering
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by H.S. Thomson.
creator: label: Creator
content: Gerrell, James E. (lead pipe contractor)
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection consists of a notebook containing copies of letters.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet (1 folder
)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1842-1847.
container: label: Container
content: Box 1 (Shared box)
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Electricity, May 27, 1983.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0056
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Notebooks
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Robert Harding, 1983
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Notebooks -- 1840-1850
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Inventory available; contact the Archives Center for more information.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Notebook of James E. Gerrell, lead pipe contractor for S. B. Morse's Washington-Baltimore Telegraph of 1842, and city surveyor of New York, 1845-1847: contains copies of letters from the New York Tribune about Morse's Electro magnetic Telegraph; a letter from N. L. Griswould to Gerrell requesting a survey of property near the Atlantic Dock, Brooklyn; notes on various surveying jobs in New York City; and a receipt from the State of New York for services rendered.