Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: The collection consists of mostly letters between John B. Carson, the president for the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Company and Belt Railway Company of Chicago, and Anthony J. Thomas who represented J.P. Morgan's railroad interests in New York City was a treasurer for Morgan's company. The content of the letters mostly discuss financing for construction projects like viaducts and two-way tracks. The collection also contains a few telegrams and one 1881 letter from the real estate...