Research Catalog

Title

Capitol builder : the shorthand journals of Montgomery C. Meigs, 1853-1859, 1861 : a project to commemorate the United States Capitol bicentennial, 1800-2000 / edited by Wendy Wolff ; prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.

Author

Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892

Publication

Washington, DC : U.S. G.P.O, 2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Wolff, Wendy.
• United States. Congress. Senate. Office of the Secretary.

Description

xxxvii, 882 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

• Senate document ; 106-20
• United States congressional serial set ; 14612

Uniform Title

• United States congressional serial set ; 14612.
• Senate document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 106-20.

Subject

• Meigs, Montgomery C. 1816-1892 > Diaries
• United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
• Civil engineers > United States > Diaries
• Construction workers > United States > Diaries

Genre/Form

Diaries

Note

• "106th Congress, H. Con. Res. 221"--T.p. verso.
• Shipping list no.: 2002-0004-S.
• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface -- Cast of characters -- Introduction -- 1. 1853 (March-December) -- 2. 1854 -- 3. 1855 -- 4. 1856 -- 5. 1857 -- 6. 1858 -- 7. 1859 -- 8. Epilogue, 1861 -- Appendix. A sampling of the most relevant newspaper articles and other printed material that Meigs pasted into his journal

LCCN

^^^00065473^

OCLC

45394214

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library