Modern Manuscripts & Archives at the Newberry

Letters concerning land contracts, deferred payments, and other routine land department matters.

Agreements with companies regarding telegraph and express services, steel and locomotive purchases, and a variety of other arrangements and leases. Also includes contracts and correspondence with the Pullman Company for sleeping and drawing room cars.

Contains contracts for corn, beef, pork, and hogs, as well as certificates of inspection and weight, plus letters from the Union Stock Yard National Bank and pioneer commission merchants such as Blair and Blair.

Contains bank and business correspondence, including statements of accounts. Among these are letters from early bankers, business houses, and commission merchants such as Carson, Pirie Scott & Co.; Field, Leiter & Co.; Union National Bank; First National Bank; Continental National Bank; Deering Harvester Company; and Commonwealth Electric Company.

Correspondence about business, legal, and real estate matters. Includes also contracts, account statements, tax papers, bills, receipts, and some requests for political endorsement. Interesting letters on land values, transactions with Illinois banks, furnishing lumber and rafting it to Oquawka, stages of the Mississippi River, and political matters can also be found in these papers.

Contains bank and business correspondence, including statements of accounts. Among these are letters from early bankers, business houses, and commission merchants such as Carson, Pirie Scott & Co.; Field, Leiter & Co.; Union National Bank; First National Bank; Continental National Bank; Deering Harvester Company; and Commonwealth Electric Company.

Contains contracts for corn, beef, pork, and hogs, as well as certificates of inspection and weight, plus letters from the Union Stock Yard National Bank and pioneer commission merchants such as Blair and Blair.

Correspondence about business, legal, and real estate matters. Includes also contracts, account statements, tax papers, bills, receipts, and some requests for political endorsement. Interesting letters on land values, transactions with Illinois banks, furnishing lumber and rafting it to Oquawka, stages of the Mississippi River, and political matters can also be found in these papers.

Contains contracts for corn, beef, pork, and hogs, as well as certificates of inspection and weight, plus letters from the Union Stock Yard National Bank and pioneer commission merchants such as Blair and Blair.

Letters and telegrams from CB&Q officials in the Burlington office, primarily C.E. Perkins and T.S. Howland.

Letters from C.E. Perkins concerning policies, organization, salaries, rates, pro-rata case, Pullman negotiations, relationship with B&MI, relationships with other roads, and contemplated extensions.

Letters and telegrams from CB&Q officials in the Keokuk offices, primarily Howard Elliott, H.B. Blood and J.H. Sturgis.

Letters and telegrams from CB&Q officials in the Keokuk offices, primarily Howard Elliott, H.B. Blood and J.H. Sturgis.

Letters and telegrams from CB&Q president C.E. Perkins, also T.S. Howland and other CB&Q officials, about business and financial matters. Letters after October 1901 are mostly routine letters to T.S. Howland.

Letters and telegrams from CB&Q officials in the Omaha offices, primarily C.D. Dorman, J.G. Taylor and G.W. Holdredge. Letters from 1896 are missing.

Letters from C.E. Perkins concerning policies, organization, salaries, rates, pro-rata case, Pullman negotiations, relationship with B&MI, relationships with other roads, and contemplated extensions.

Includes examiners' reports, on printed forms, of purchaser, family, and improvements with recommendations of examiner about continuing delinquent, cancelled contracts, and letters of explanation from delinquents, attorneys, etc . These contracts are foldered individually by contract number with name of purchaser and town or county of land in question.