Indexed works
Works about or by Ithiel Town. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.
By Ithiel Town
Correspondence of David Paton, superintendent of construction and architect of the State Capitol in Raleigh, N.C.
Town, Ithiel, 1784-1844 · 1834
Letters of David Paton, the architect who superintended construction of the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh, 1834 to 1850. Ithiel Town writes about the building commissioners, Paton's changes to Town's plan and his own work in Indianapolis. Other correspondents include Loammi Baldwin, William Boylan, Romulus M. Saunders and James C. Dobbin, and the letters touch on building materials and a horse railroad. Chapel Hill appears. 137 pages.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
About Ithiel Town
Papers of David Paton, superintendent of construction and architect of the State Capitol in Raleigh, N.C.
Fendall, Philip Ricard, 1794-1868 · 1834
Papers of David Paton, architect and superintendent of construction of the State Capitol in Raleigh, 1834 to 1840. Mostly contracts and legal agreements, they also mention Paton's plans for other buildings in Raleigh, at the University in Chapel Hill and at the Caldwell Institute in Hillsborough. 21 pages.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Town, Ithiel, 1784-1844.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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