Skip to main content

Letter to President of the Select Council, May 15, 1805

 Item — Box: 0163.01, Item: 04
Identifier: MS 0163.04

Scope and Contents

Letter to President of the Select Council dated Philadelphia May 15th 1805 (one page and a quarter of a half folded larger sheet of paper from Nicholas I. Roosevelt’s lawyer J. H. Brinton discussing the “situation of affairs between the Corporation and “ Roosevelt proposing to sell his lease regarding possession of the Centre House works (Philadelphia’s first water works). This letter has a notation that it had been referred to the “Committee who made report on the memorial of M. I. Roosevelt”)

Dates

  • Creation: May 15, 1805

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.25 Linear Feet (1 Box)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Lehigh University Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Lehigh University
Linderman Library
30 Library Drive
Bethlehem PA 18045 USA
610-758-4506
610-758-6091 (Fax)