New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad Company Records, 1851-1877
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, financial records, reports, minutes, and other official records of the subsidiary lines operating in the southern United States.
Dates
- Creation: 1851-1877
Creator
- From the Collection: Illinois Central Railroad Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives are open for research; they are available a box at a time in the Special Collections Reading Room (Priority III).
Biographical/Historical note
The New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad Company (NOJ&GN) was incorporated in Mississippi and Louisiana on Mar. 11, 1852. It consolidated with the Mississippi Central Railroad Company (MissCen), and the consolidation became known as the New Orleans, St. Louis & Chicago Railroad Company (NOStL&C) on Apr. 13, 1874, which was eventually sold under foreclosure in 1876-1877. The line ran 206 miles from New Orleans, LA to Canton, MS; and 18 miles from Kosciusko to Aberdeen Junction, MS.
Arrangement note
The New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad Company records are arranged into the following four subseries: "Rhotaas" Map of line from Canton, Miss.to New Orleans, [1861]; Stock ledgers, Oct. 1852 - Apr. 1872; Southern Bonds, purchase, 1872, 1876-1877; and Accounting records, Jun. 1851-Dec.1877.
General note
See also: 2.33, Tripartite agreement, Apr.11,1872.
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
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Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
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