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Manuscript Group 57
THEODORE BURR PAPERS
1812-1815
.2 cu. ft.


Correspondence, consisting mainly of letters from Theodore Burr, Pennsylvania bridge builder, to John Downey, Harrisburg, and Thomas Elder, president of the Harrisburg Bridge Company, relating to the construction of a bridge across the Susquehanna at Harrisburg. The multi-arched "Camelback Bridge", so called because of it's undulating shape, spanned the river in two sections on either side of an island. It was completed in 1817 and stood until 1903. Also included in the papers is a letter of introduction for Burr addressed to three directors of the bridge company, progress reports on the Harrisburg Bridge and requests by Burr for additional funds from the company.




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