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Engineer's blueprints, Mississippi, Feb. 15, 1899

 Sub-Series
Identifier: IC + 6 Y3.22

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Known in the 1951 Mohr guide as "Profile of Tutwiler to Ruleville, Miss., Mar. 3, 1875". Blueprints originally in roll package, addressed to A.G. Hackstaff by J.C. Welling. Consists of three blueprint maps, all signed by Stuyvesant Fish. Maps were made "In order that the company may obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress approved Mar. 3, 1875, entitled, 'An Act granting to railroads the right of way through the public lands of the United States.'"

Dates

  • Creation: Feb. 15, 1899

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives are open for research; they are available a box at a time in the Special Collections Reading Room (Priority III).

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note

Three oversize blueprint maps are rolled together and stored in oversize.

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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