The collection contains three original contracts from 1843 and 1844 regarding
construction materials. The first involves Jarius Chadwick and Captain T.J. Cram,
the second is between Lieutenant J. D. Webster and John Low and the third involved
again Lieutenant Webster and William H. Waterman. Cram and Webster were engineers
representing the United States. Also included are a newspaper clipping and copies of
it discussing the contracts and their discovery in 1934 and three library created
bibliographic reference cards containing some background information and sources
related to the Milwaukee harbor, Lieutenant Webster and Captain Cram likely added at
the time of donation.
