British-born architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, most famous for designing the United States Capitol, is known as the "Father of American Architecture."
1 volume, ca. 500 p.
Manuscript table of contents in Jefferson's hand enclosed in box.
This volume from Thomas Jefferson's personal library contains a series of pamphlets dealing with internal improvements that Jefferson bound together. The earliest and first one in the series dates to 1812 and is by Benjamin Latrobe. There are also official state reports on internal improvements, most notably from New York, and one from France and another from Great Britain. One of the pamphlets has detailed sketches of canal boats.