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Abstract
Correspondence, receipts and invitations all pertaining to Addison M. Scott, resident engineer in the U.S. Government, Ohio
River Department, at Charleston, WV. Scott worked with the Great Kanawha River improvement project sponsored by the U.S. from
1873 until his retirement in 1901. Correspondence covers the years 1874-1882, with one letter dated 1912. Two letters to Scott
are undated. Collection contains forty-two items addressed to Scott in Charleston, with one letter written by Scott. The majority
of correspondence discusses personal and/or family matters. Correspondents include Theo. Schoonmaker, engineer on the Chicago
& North Western R.R., G.H. Boynton, engineer, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific R.R., J.M. Vandergrift and William Weston,
civil engineers.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], A.M. Scott Correspondence, A&M 2901, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.