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Correspondence, 1855

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 39
Identifier: IC 7.11

Scope and Contents note

From the Series:

About 25 letters in 10 folders, with statements, checks, agreements, reports, extracts from meetings, etc., concerning purchase of land from government at station sites by directors. Letters written mostly during 1855, questioning legality of company, mostly between D.A. Neal, J.F. Joy, Morris Ketchum, Jonathan Sturges, R.B. Mason, W.P. Burrall, L.M. Wiley, Ebenezer Lane, C.M. Dupuy, and others.

Dates

  • Creation: 1855

Creator

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).

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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