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Subseries 75.1: Land Commissioner’s Out-letters, 1859-1913

 Sub-Series
Identifier: CB&Q 75.1

  • Staff Only

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

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

Contact:
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Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
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