Subseries 75.1: Land Commissioner’s Out-letters, 1859-1913
Scope and Contents note
96 letterpress volumes of correspondence from land department and other railroad officials, including C.R. Lowell, C.E. Perkins, J.W. Ames, G.S. Harris, G.O. Manchester, A.E. Touzalin, and W.W. Baldwin, with some signed by other agents and examiners. Letters are mostly telegrams and forms acknowledging receipts, deeds, contracts, and payments for newspaper ads, etc., but also includes some land lists.
Dates
- Creation: 1859-1913
Creator
- From the Record Group: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (Organization)
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
43 boxes
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
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