Handwritten contracts in 87 folders. A few contracts for Osage orange hedges, locust trees, grain houses, axles, steel rails, box cars, eating houses, hotels, etc., 1853-56 and 1870s-1880s. Most loose contracts are also entered in the Contract volumes, +2.36. If the listing of the contract was found in the indexes to the volumes, the volume number and page number is indicated on the folder. The files from 1862-1864 are not contracts; rather, they are vouchers for government shipments during the Civil War. Some items of note: Oct. 10, 1853, (Mineral Point contract) contains illustrated bond sheets for the Mineral Point Railroad; Mar. 29, 1854, (Billings contract) contains a sketch of the hollow axles ordered; Nov. 25, 1854 (Sun Mutual Insurance Co.) includes a letter from R.B. Mason; Nov. 1, 1855 (Hanford contract) includes a printed "Rules and Regulations relating to Private Side Tracks."

See also: IC 5.91, Construction Contracts, 1851-1855.