Finding Aid for Railroad Business Papers, 1840-1882 | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

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Collection Overview

Title: Railroad Business Papers, 1840-1882

Collection identifier: 206

Extent: 41.0 items. More info below.

Subjects: Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company, Chicago and North Western Railway Company, Courts, Railroads

Forms of Material: Business records

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection contains business papers, including receipts, waybills, and debt and stock payments, of railroads in several states. The collection also includes a railway pass, a letter about cattle crossings, and a subpoena calling a railroad to court to answer claims that they killed a mule and built an illegal fence.

Subject/Index Terms

Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
Courts
Railroads

Administrative Information

Repository: Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

Alternate Extent Statement: 1 folder

Box/Folder List

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/ihlcsfa/railroad-business.pdf

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