Fitzgerald, Desmond, Letter, 1877 April 24. 1 item. Location: Misc.:F. Hydraulic engineer, superintendent of the Boston Water Works. Letter written from New Orleans, Louisiana, during the U. S. troop withdrawal at the end of Reconstruction, comments on visits to headquarters of Governor Francis T. Nicholls and his defeated rival Stephen B. Packard. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1787.