Correspondence, 1871
Scope and Contents note
About 1200 letters from other officials, land buyers, brokers, bankers, etc. Correspondents include presidents J.S. Kennedy (1860's) and R.B. Mason (1870's), as well as secretaries and treasurers Matt Smitt, Louis Boisot, James K. McKinlay, and C.H. Booth. Also includes non-letter documents such as proxies, receipts, certificates, accounts, construction accounts, memos, mortgages, deeds, cancelled checks, income tax returns, county tax receipts, lists of stockholders, and minutes, resolutions and election papers of directors' and stockholders' meetings.
Dates
- Creation: 1871
Creator
- From the Collection: Illinois Central Railroad Company (Organization)
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).
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
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