Box MS0171.03

Scope and Contents 1871 Letters with envelopes (three) and cyanotype print 1871. August 25from L. F Liscom (Boston, Mass) to L. Liscom (Hinsdale, N.H.) (Son tells father he is on his way to New York City, envelope is from Solid Lever Bridge Company, 46 Congress Street, Boston) 1871. September 17 from L. F. Liscom (Chelsea) to Lemuel Liscom (Hinsdale, N.H.) (Son tells father his earlier letter was received at Lowell and that he is busy running three bridges particularly the bridge across...

Scope and Contents 1872 Letters from February and April 1872 February 29 from L. F. Liscom (Boston) to Lemuel Liscom (Hinsdale). (Letter informs father that he, Frank, and wife, Dollie (Mason), safely arrived in Boston and their residence at Cambridge & Lynde Sts. Also tells of trip to Montreal and hope to get all the ribs up of the Depot. Letter and envelope have letterhead of National Bridge & Iron Works). 1872 April 1 from L. F. Liscom (Boston) to Lemuel Liscom (Hinsdale). ...

Scope and Contents 1873 Letters from January, August, November and Logbook. 1873 January 2 from L. F. Liscom (Boston) to Lemuel Liscom (Hinsdale). (Letter relates writing to Samuel (a farmer), cold weather and putting up a railroad bridge in Groton, drafting plans for a new Depot for the Eastern Railroad, consolidation of the Fitchburg RR with the Lowell RR and both using the New Depot that he erected last winter and spring. Also, company just closed a contract to build an iron bridge over the Merrimack in...

Scope and Contents 1874 Letter and List of Tools 1874 October 4 from L. F. Liscom (Boston) to Lemuel Liscom (Hinsdale). (Letter expresses joy in his parents visit to Boston and disappointment in not having his parents-in-law visit. He remarks about erecting a railroad bridge in West Springfield called the Shadlane Bridge. Again is the complaint about displeasure of working for the Bridge Company over insufficient salary. He states that his wife is very economical and all he could wish for in a wife. He...

Scope and Contents 1875 Letters and 1875 Logbook 1875 April, May, June Logbook of L. F. Liscom expenses for bridge repair work on behalf of National Bridge and Iron Works. Logbook is bound in smooth brown calf skin 4 ½” x 7” 1875 October 16 from Frank (L.F.) Liscom (Boston) to wife, Dollie (North Granville, N.Y.). (Letter describes his loneliness and tiredness missing his wife and baby (Flora). Mentions that he met C. H. Parker (consulting engineer for the National Bridge & Iron Works)...

Scope and Contents 1876, 1877, 1878 Correspondence. 1876 April 4 from L. F. Liscom (Worcester) to Dollie Liscom (no envelope). (Letter relates in detail about a washed out railroad track (Boston & Albany R.R.and break in a dam around Jamesville and Worcester. Enclosed is a detailed sketch showing the railroad line, the washout and a dam.)1877 October 27 from D. H. Andrews (Boston) to L. F. Liscom (Copy of receipt for $46.65 to settle all accounts.) 1877 November 26...