Capitol builder : the shorthand journals of Montgomery C. Meigs, 1853-1859, 1861

    Edited by Wendy Wolff (U.S. Senate, 2001)  

    Montgomery Meigs began his supervision of the Capitol construction project on April 4, 1853, at the request of Secretary of War Jefferson Davis. Architect of the Capitol Thomas U. Walter had enjoyed supervisory status. Throughout the 1850s, however, Montgomery Meigs would have the greatest influence on the construction and design of the new extensions.

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