Box 2
Container
Contains 91 Results:
Letter from the Baltimore Exchange Company to B.H.B. Latrobe [sic] expressing their thanks for the “erection of the Exchange Building.”, 1820 May 10
File — Box: 2, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Though this collection contains newspaper clippings, biographical sketches, and journals, etc., it mostly consists of correspondence, related to the Latrobe family beginning with Benjamin Henry Latrobe Sr. (1764-1820) who designed the U.S. Capitol. The subjects of the letters and diaries deal with familial matters and the work done by B.H. Latrobe Sr. and his sons, Benjamin Henry Latrobe Jr. (1806-1878), and grandsons, Charles Hazlehurst Latrobe (1833-1902), after him on architectural...
Dates:
1820 May 10
Letter from Benjamin Henry Latrobe to Robert Goodloe Harper discussing his confrontations with Mr. Orr and his agent “Rogers” who seemed to be attempting to take Latrobe’s contract with the water company, 1820 May 28
File — Box: 2, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Though this collection contains newspaper clippings, biographical sketches, and journals, etc., it mostly consists of correspondence, related to the Latrobe family beginning with Benjamin Henry Latrobe Sr. (1764-1820) who designed the U.S. Capitol. The subjects of the letters and diaries deal with familial matters and the work done by B.H. Latrobe Sr. and his sons, Benjamin Henry Latrobe Jr. (1806-1878), and grandsons, Charles Hazlehurst Latrobe (1833-1902), after him on architectural...
Dates:
1820 May 28
Letter from Benjamin Henry Latrobe to Robert Goodloe Harper discussing the family’s health and the current competition for work, 1820 July 9
File — Box: 2, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Though this collection contains newspaper clippings, biographical sketches, and journals, etc., it mostly consists of correspondence, related to the Latrobe family beginning with Benjamin Henry Latrobe Sr. (1764-1820) who designed the U.S. Capitol. The subjects of the letters and diaries deal with familial matters and the work done by B.H. Latrobe Sr. and his sons, Benjamin Henry Latrobe Jr. (1806-1878), and grandsons, Charles Hazlehurst Latrobe (1833-1902), after him on architectural...
Dates:
1820 July 9
Letter from Benjamin Henry Latrobe to Robert Goodloe Harper discussing the hiring of a Mr. Hyde, 1820 July 12
File — Box: 2, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Though this collection contains newspaper clippings, biographical sketches, and journals, etc., it mostly consists of correspondence, related to the Latrobe family beginning with Benjamin Henry Latrobe Sr. (1764-1820) who designed the U.S. Capitol. The subjects of the letters and diaries deal with familial matters and the work done by B.H. Latrobe Sr. and his sons, Benjamin Henry Latrobe Jr. (1806-1878), and grandsons, Charles Hazlehurst Latrobe (1833-1902), after him on architectural...
Dates:
1820 July 12
Letter from Benjamin Henry Latrobe to Robert Goodloe Harper further discussing Mr. Hyde’s proposal and the presence of yellow fever in the city. He mentions two men who have fallen victim to it, Peter V. Agden and William Lampson, 1820 August 27
File — Box: 2, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Though this collection contains newspaper clippings, biographical sketches, and journals, etc., it mostly consists of correspondence, related to the Latrobe family beginning with Benjamin Henry Latrobe Sr. (1764-1820) who designed the U.S. Capitol. The subjects of the letters and diaries deal with familial matters and the work done by B.H. Latrobe Sr. and his sons, Benjamin Henry Latrobe Jr. (1806-1878), and grandsons, Charles Hazlehurst Latrobe (1833-1902), after him on architectural...
Dates:
1820 August 27
Last letter from Benjamin Henry Latrobe to his wife Mary Elizabeth Latrobe discussing a colleague who is ill, pipe being laid at the Water Works, and that she should not worry, he would be home soon. He died four days later, 1820 August 30
File — Box: 2, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Though this collection contains newspaper clippings, biographical sketches, and journals, etc., it mostly consists of correspondence, related to the Latrobe family beginning with Benjamin Henry Latrobe Sr. (1764-1820) who designed the U.S. Capitol. The subjects of the letters and diaries deal with familial matters and the work done by B.H. Latrobe Sr. and his sons, Benjamin Henry Latrobe Jr. (1806-1878), and grandsons, Charles Hazlehurst Latrobe (1833-1902), after him on architectural...
Dates:
1820 August 30
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Latrobe to Robert Goodloe Harper expressing her grief over the loss of her husband and seeking Harper’s advice, 1820 September 19
File — Box: 2, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Though this collection contains newspaper clippings, biographical sketches, and journals, etc., it mostly consists of correspondence, related to the Latrobe family beginning with Benjamin Henry Latrobe Sr. (1764-1820) who designed the U.S. Capitol. The subjects of the letters and diaries deal with familial matters and the work done by B.H. Latrobe Sr. and his sons, Benjamin Henry Latrobe Jr. (1806-1878), and grandsons, Charles Hazlehurst Latrobe (1833-1902), after him on architectural...
Dates:
1820 September 19
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Latrobe to Robert Goodloe Harper discussing a $600 debt being claimed of her by a Mr. Bellinghood (?), 1820 September 23
File — Box: 2, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Though this collection contains newspaper clippings, biographical sketches, and journals, etc., it mostly consists of correspondence, related to the Latrobe family beginning with Benjamin Henry Latrobe Sr. (1764-1820) who designed the U.S. Capitol. The subjects of the letters and diaries deal with familial matters and the work done by B.H. Latrobe Sr. and his sons, Benjamin Henry Latrobe Jr. (1806-1878), and grandsons, Charles Hazlehurst Latrobe (1833-1902), after him on architectural...
Dates:
1820 September 23
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Latrobe to Robert Goodloe Harper expressing her worry for her son Ben who also contracted yellow fever and her struggles with finances, 1820 October 5
File — Box: 2, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Though this collection contains newspaper clippings, biographical sketches, and journals, etc., it mostly consists of correspondence, related to the Latrobe family beginning with Benjamin Henry Latrobe Sr. (1764-1820) who designed the U.S. Capitol. The subjects of the letters and diaries deal with familial matters and the work done by B.H. Latrobe Sr. and his sons, Benjamin Henry Latrobe Jr. (1806-1878), and grandsons, Charles Hazlehurst Latrobe (1833-1902), after him on architectural...
Dates:
1820 October 5
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Latrobe to Robert Goodloe Harper discussing the workmen suing the Water Company for not paying them, 1820 November 4
File — Box: 2, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Though this collection contains newspaper clippings, biographical sketches, and journals, etc., it mostly consists of correspondence, related to the Latrobe family beginning with Benjamin Henry Latrobe Sr. (1764-1820) who designed the U.S. Capitol. The subjects of the letters and diaries deal with familial matters and the work done by B.H. Latrobe Sr. and his sons, Benjamin Henry Latrobe Jr. (1806-1878), and grandsons, Charles Hazlehurst Latrobe (1833-1902), after him on architectural...
Dates:
1820 November 4