Ithiel Town papers

Collection

Call Number: MS 499

Scope and Contents

Correspondence from John Allan, William Hayward and Theodore Strong, a notebook of mathematical exercises, photostatic copies of letters of patent for improvements on bridges and one architectural drawing of Jones Court, built in New York City for James I. Jones. Also included is a scrapbook assembled by Town's daughter, Etha Town Peters.

Dates

1801-1855

Creator

Town, Ithiel, 1784-1844

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were the gifts of William T. Peters, son-in-law of Ithiel Town, 1858, and of the Collector's Shop, New Haven, Connecticut, 1939. The negatives for the photostatic copies were loaned by C. W. Whittlesey in 1941.

Extent

2.75 Linear Feet (1 box, 1 folio)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0499

Additional Description

Overview

Biographical / Historical

Ithiel Town (1784-1844), architect; first major work was Center Church in New Haven, Connecticut.; subsequently designed many buildings in New Haven, Hartford, New York City, Indianapolis, Raleigh, North Carolina.; worked in partnerships based in New York, 1827- ; in 1820 was granted a patent for a truss bridge and became known as the foremost bridge-builder in the United States.