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Series 7.6: Scott, H.B. Miscellaneous papers, ca. 1868-1884

 Series
Identifier: CB&Q 7.6

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Includes bills for commissions regarding purchase of lands, 1868; Bills for sundry items, 1871-1874 (including bills for stationery, printed circulars and fliers, and replacement maps and books for those burnt in the 1871 Chicago Fire); maps and plats; memoranda, tax documents, and a printed account of Scott's examination of lands in Texas (1883) and Washington State (1884) for Perkins and Forbes. The printed account was formerly its own series: CB&Q 7.7. Maps and plats show lands for sale in Nebraska (Kearney, Adams, Clay, Franklin, Webster, and Nuckolls counties); Iowa towns (Hastings, Emerson, Milton, Prescott and Creston), and miscellaneous other maps.

Dates

  • Creation: ca. 1868-1884

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).

General Physical Description note

6 folders and 4 oversize folders

Repository Details

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

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