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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03502 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Joseph Francis to Edwards Pierrepont regarding a pontoon bridge |
| Date | 14 February 1864 |
| Author | Francis, Joseph (1801-1893) |
| Recipient | Pierrepont, Edwards |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses the delay in the army for the order of his pontoon bridge. Mentions General John Adams Dix. Informs that Colonel Edward Serrell needs to go to Washington to see Francis's bridges but there is a problem getting the orders for Serrell to get there by train. Francis asks Pierrepont to write to Edwin Stanton, the Secretary of War, and ask him to allow Colonel Serrell to go stating, "It is merely to ask Mr. Stanton to allow Coln Serrell (who is the best & most popular Engineer officer in the Army) to examine my system. He cannot object to this, and I should think he would be glad to have the opinion of so distinguished an officer." Year inferred from content. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union General Infrastructure Science and Technology Inventor Invention Transportation Railroad Lincoln's Cabinet |
| People | Francis, Joseph (1801-1893) Pierrepont, Edwards (1817-1892) Serrell, Edward W. (1826-1906) Stanton, E. M. (Edwin McMasters) (1814-1869) Dix, John Adams (1798-1879) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Science, Technology, Invention |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | At this time, Pierrepont was a prominent New York lawyer. Francis was an American inventor, mainly of life-saving equipment. Apparently, Stanton did not allow Serrell to go to Washington because Francis wrote to President Abraham Lincoln in March in order to request permission for Serrell to examine the pontoons. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |