1 folder in an oversize box, containing manuscript Act of incorporation, Feb.10, 1851, with acceptance by the company, receipt of the treasurer of Ill. for $200,000, Mar. 22, acceptance by the corporators, Mar. 24, Letter from Gov. Augustus C. French acknowledging receipt of acceptance, Apr. 4, and written amendment repealing the act forbidding the company to lay out towns, Feb. 17, 1855. Also includes certified copies of original act made in 1852.