Vaux, Withers & Co., Architects,
No. 110 Broadway, New York, August 27th, 1867.
Dear Mr. Leeds.
I am glad to receive your Lectures in printed form, and trust that they may be widely read throughout the community.
Having been in the habit for several years past, of consulting with you professionally in regard to the arrangements to be made for heating and ventilation in plans for public and private buildings, I take this opportunity to acknowledge the value of the aid thus given; and as I feel assured, from a lengthened personal experience, that your thorough knowledge of the subject, both theoretically and practically, is calculated to render your assistance particularly valuable in the adjustment of complex and intricate plans, I trust that one result of the circulation of your interesting pamphlet may be to introduce you more widely to members of the architectural profession.
I remain, Dear Mr. Leeds,
Yours faithfully,
CALVERT VAUX.
Lewis W. Leeds,
Heating and Ventilating Engineer.
110 Broadway, New York, Aug. 30th, 1867.
Mr. Lewis W. Leeds was employed early in the war of the rebellion by the Sanitary Commission, as an agent to urge the necessity to the health and strength of the army, of the thorough ventilation of tents and quarters, and to devise and suggest to the proper officers the adoption of the best means for this purpose.