Benjamin Franklin Leete correspondence, 1857-1859

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Summary

Abstract:
Includes four letters belonging to Benjamin Franklin Leete generated during his position as a civil engineer for the California Central Railroad.
Extent:
.333 Linear Feet 4 folders
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Benjamin Franklin Leete Correspodence, MS 159, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Background

Scope and content:

Includes four letters belonging to Benjamin Franklin Leete generated during his position as a civil engineer for the California Central Railroad. The first two letters deal specifically with the issues that stemmed from building railroad bridges in Buffalo, New York, and Sacramento, California. In Buffalo, the subject is the proposal to build the bridge itself. In the case of Sacramento, Leete complains about the quality of workers who built the bridge, and that they did not build any actual rail tracks.

The third letter covers a report from Leete to the Omega Ditch Company regarding a fire that burned down a sawmill and Leete's use of pipes for construction. The fourth and final letter in the collection was sent to Leete regarding the cost for his purchase of water pipes.

Biographical / historical:

Benjamin Franklin Leete (1831-1927) was a civil engineer for the California Central Railroad, and later president of Eagle Salt Works in western Nevada.

For additional biographical information, see Thomas H. Thompson and Albert A. West, HISTORY OF NEVADA (1881). Additional materials are held by the Nevada Historical Society (Reno).

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1995
Arrangement:

The collection is arranged chronologically from earliest written letter to the latest.

Physical location:
Statewide Museum Collections Center
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Railroads--California--History
Places:
California--Sacramento

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote for manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Library & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Benjamin Franklin Leete Correspodence, MS 159, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Location of this collection:
111 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814, US
Contact:
(916) 323-8073
Library.CSRM@parks.ca.gov
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