Charles Frederick Thomas papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
Subjects: United States; United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.); Electric railroads; Mechanical engineering; Cars; United States. Architect of the Capitol; Inauguration, 1865; Locomotives; Capital and capitol; Architecture
Description: Correspondence, contracts, and a photocopied broadside of a speech relating to Thomas's work as chief machinist and supervisor of construction for the U.S. Capitol expansion and dome; patent, mechanical drawings, and clipping regarding locomotives and streetcars; and proof of citizenship (1837), will (1889), letter (1865) describing Lincoln's inauguration, and other personal items.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, Susan Searcy, University of Nevado-Reno Library, Reno, Nev., 1989.

transferred to Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Mechanical engineer in the U.S. Office of the Architect of the Capitol.

Collection material in English.

Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.