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Vols. 1-3, Mar. 1876-Dec. 1877

 unspecified — Box: 105, Folder: 1637-1639
Identifier: CB&Q 3 H4.2

Scope and Contents note

From the Sub-Series:

4 letterpress copybooks containing letters written when Harris was president of CB&Q. Correspondence deals with relations with other roads, especially the Union Pacific and B&MR, which was engaged at the time in a struggle with CB&Q over “Iowa Pool” freight rates. Letters from July of 1877 deal with the brief but significant “Great Railroad Strike of 1877.”

Dates

  • Creation: Mar. 1876-Dec. 1877

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Repository Details

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

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