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Iowa Land Company: Stock certificates, 1855-1876

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15

Scope and Content of the Collection

From the Collection:

Records relating to the business of early Iowa railroad and land companies and the founding of Clinton, Iowa. Includes correspondence, business and incorporation documents, annual reports, stock certificates, stockholder inventories, maps and plats of Clinton, Iowa, and lists of various company directors. Also a reminiscence by James T. VanDeventer regarding Horace Williams, founding partner in the Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad.

Dates

  • Creation: 1855-1876

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Iowa Land and Railroad Company Records are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 5 folders at a time maximum (Priority II).

Repository Details

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

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