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Statements, 1867-1871

 File — Box: 145, Folder: 4230
Identifier: CB&Q 71 I5.5

Scope and Contents note

From the Series:

This company, which was financed by railroad officials such as C. E. Perkins and William Irving, was organized in 1864 by J. N. Denison to buy and sell town lots in Burlington, Iowa and other locales. Series contains outgoing correspondence from C. E. Perkins pertaining to land contracts, deeds, and payments. Also includes incoming correspondence to J. W. Ames, William Irving and others concerning land sales, taxes, and dividends, from purchasers, stockholders, agents and contractors hired to build mills and plant trees. Also includes bank books, financial statements, title abstracts, maps and other sundry papers.

Dates

  • Creation: 1867-1871

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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