| Research at the Architect of the Capitol relating to the Washington Aqueduct
While the vast majority of the material related to the early technical aspects of the Aqueduct, there were several items of interest in the records of the Washington Aqueduct that relate to the 1864 legal proceedings in the Maryland Court of Appeals. This included the bills for both 1864 Maryland Court of Appeals cases involving the United States Government's appeals of the caveat decisions for Neilson's Desire and the Resurvey on the Resurvey on Conn's Island. The bills show the dismissal of the case relating to Neilson's Desire on December 15, 1863 and the disposition of the caveat against the Resurvey on the Resurvey Conn's Island (decision reported in: COURT OF APPEALS (Maryland Reports) The United States for the Use of the Washington Aqueduct v. the Great Falls Manufacturing Company, 1864, vol. 21, folio 119-135, 2/6/10/12).
Note: the files also contained bills for Nicholas Brewer's legal services in the Maryland Court of Appeals as well as his participation in the Federal arbitration proceedings that began in 1862 and were concluded in 1864.
Citations for records used:
- Letter with enclosures, S. Seymour to Clem West, 4/2/1864, "Legal file, 1858-1859," box 25, Washington Aqueduct, Architect of the Capitol
- Letter, Clem West to J. P. Usher, 1/16/1865, "Legal file, 1858-1859," box 25, Washington Aqueduct, Architect of the Capitol
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