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Contributing Institution:
California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives
Title: Leete (Benjamin Franklin) correspondence
Identifier/Call Number: MS 159
Physical Description:
1.2 Linear Feet
4 folders
Date (inclusive): 1857-1859
Abstract: Includes four letters belonging to B. F. Leete generated during his position as a civil engineer for the California Central
Railroad.
Physical Location: Statewide Museum Collections Center I2.210.I5
Language of Material:
English
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Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, 1995
The collection is arranged chronologically from earliest written letter to the latest.
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).
[Identification of item], Leete (Benjamin Franklin) Correspodence, MS 159, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives,
Sacramento, California.
¶ Includes four letters belonging to B. F. 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. ¶
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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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Railroads--California--History
California--Sacramento