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Series 71 B1: Burlington Land Association, 1857-1881

 Series
Identifier: CB&Q 71 B1

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Scope and Contents note

This company was a private organization buying and selling eastern Iowa lands and town lots for C. E. Perkins and others. Series contains letters written to Perkins and Colonel H. B. Scott, who acted as land agent and was involved with several rail road concerns in Iowa. Also includes a geological survey and coal reports, notebooks containing financial figures, statements, and township plat maps.

Dates

  • Creation: 1857-1881

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).

Extent

3 boxes

Arrangement note

Series is arranged in two subseries: In-letters, 1860-1881 (71 B1.1); and Miscellaneous Papers, 1857-1877 (71 B1.2).

Repository Details

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

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