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R.S. Williamson correspondence to familyRobert Stockton Williamson correspondence to family
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Williamson, R. S. (Robert Stockton), 1824-1882, creator, correspondent.Abstract:
Three letters (14 pages, in two items) written by Robert Stockton Williamson to members of his family in September and October
1849 during his expedition in search of a practical railroad route from the Sacramento Valley over the Sierra Nevada to the
Great Basin. The 10-page letter includes a manuscript map.
Date:
1849 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-or -- n-us---Surveyors -- United States
Civil engineers -- California
Railroads -- California
Railroads -- Oregon
Géomètres -- États-Unis
Ingénieurs civils -- Californie
Civil engineers
Railroads
Surveyors
California
Oregon
United States
United States. -- Army. -- Corps of Topographical Engineers.
United States. -- Army. -- Corps of Topographical Engineers
Williamson, R. S. (Robert Stockton) -- 1824-1882 -- Correspondence
Williamson, R. S. (Robert Stockton) -- 1824-1882
Note:
Robert Stockton Williamson (January 21, 1825 - November 10, 1882) was an American soldier and engineer, noted for conducting
surveys for the transcontinental railroad in California and Oregon. He graduated fifth in his class at the U.S. Military Academy
in 1848 and appointed a second lieutenant in the Corps of Topographical Engineers. He was assigned to conduct surveys for
proposed routes for the transcontinental railroad in California and Oregon. He was then assigned to the staff of the commanding
general of the Department of the Pacific, and was the engineer in charge of the military roads in southern Oregon. Inducted
into the Army Corps of Engineers in 1861, he had a distinguished record serving in the American Civil War, winning two brevet
promotions. When the US Army Corps of Engineers established its San Francisco District office in 1866, he was appointed as
the first commander of the office. Formally promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1869, he retired in 1871, because
of health problems, and died in San Francisco in 1882.
R.S. Williamson correspondence to family, BANC MSS 2014/125, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
manuscript maps.Manuscript maps
Personal correspondence
Manuscript maps.
Cartes manuscrites.
Physical Description:
print
1 (2
Language:
English