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Collection Reference Number GLC04218
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1789 
Title Letter written by Thomas Paine about a new iron bridge
Date 1 May 1789
Author Paine, Thomas (1737-1809)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Invites the unknown recipient to inspect a new iron bridge he designed. "We have erected our Experiment Rib and Struck the Center." With engraving.
Subjects Inventor  Literature and Language Arts  Science and Technology  Infrastructure  Architecture  
People Paine, Thomas (1737-1809)  
Place written Rotherham, England
Theme Industry; Science, Technology, Invention
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859