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Barlow, Samuel L. M. (Samuel Latham Mitchill), 1826-1889. Papers of Samuel L. M. Barlow, 1776-1905 (bulk 1885-1889).

Title: Papers of Samuel L. M. Barlow, 1776-1905 (bulk 1885-1889).

Personal and professional papers of Samuel L. M. Barlow. The collection contains letters (including 53 tissue copy letter books), documents, records, and manuscripts and documents Barlow's legal, business, and political career, and his cultural and social pursuits. Barlow's legal and business papers constitute the bulk of the collection and cover 1855-1889. This portion of the collection deals with financing, building and management of railroads -- both Eastern and Western divisions of the Ohio and Mississippi, the Atlantic ? Barlow's lobbying on behalf of Texas and Pacific Railroad Company and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company; his involvement the affairs of the Tehuantepec railroad route in Mexico, mining promotions and operations, including the notorious Arizona diamond hoax; land speculation (farm lands in Illinois, Iowa, and Ohio and urban properties in St. Louis, Mo.); his patronage of the New York subway and telephone enterprises, and his part ownership of the New York World. Political and military correspondence and manuscripts cover Barlow's involvement in Democratic politics at both national and state levels, that started in 1856 and continued until his death. The papers deal with Barlow's role in the nomination of James Buchanan for President (1856) and his administration; Democratic National Convention at Charleston (1860); George McClellan's presidential bid, the National Union Club, congressional elections, Tilden, Hancock, and Cleveland campaigns (1876-1886). This portion of the collection also contains reports from the Eastern theatre of the Civil War that Barlow received from his agents in the field. Among the correspondents are William T. Sherman, and T.J. Barnett, a minor official at the Department of the Interior and the Washington correspondent of the New York Journal of commerce, who provided an insight into Lincoln's White House. Also included are items reflecting Barlow's role in social and cultural life of New York -- his friendship with William Cullen Bryant and Bret Harte, patronage of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Academy of Music, and the New York Historical Society, his collections of colonial Americana and rare books, etc.

ArchivalResource: 211 boxes, including 7 boxes of miscellanea and ephemera.Approximately 29,000 pieces.

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Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Office of Secretary. Board files, 1843-1950 [microform].

Title: Board files, 1843-1950 [microform].

The records consist of microfilm copies of the board files made as a precaution during World War II and the Korean War. No attempt was made to correct misfiles or provide target cards during the microfilming. Consequently, the documents within individual files are not in strict chronological order, and some documents are misfiled. The post-1950 board file exists only in hard copy at the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

ArchivalResource: 94 reels.

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Account book collection, 1776-1930.

Title: Account book collection, 1776-1930.

Account books dating primarily from the 19th century and relating to business life in Orange County. Of note are prescription books from several pharmacies, 1871-1930; and records of wages, store accounts, receipts, invoices, and production at the Southfield Furnace, a local iron foundry, 1776-1867. Other businesses included are the New York, Lake Erie, and Western Railroad, the dairy industry, and local dry goods and general stores.

ArchivalResource: ca. 40 linear ft.

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J.P. Morgan & Co. New York, Lake Erie & Western R.R. Co. reorganization : syndicate records, 1894 Dec. 10.

Title: New York, Lake Erie & Western R.R. Co. reorganization : syndicate records, 1894 Dec. 10.

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J.P. Morgan & Co. New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company reorganization : syndicate records, 1895 Aug. 26.

Title: New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company reorganization : syndicate records, 1895 Aug. 26.

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Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Traffic Dept. Freight Dept. Registers, 1853-1905.

Title: Freight Dept. Registers, 1853-1905.

This subgroup consists of five registers that have survived from the early years of the company. They were purchased by Hagley at the Penn Central Auction of 1972.

ArchivalResource: 5 vols.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123466706 View

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company. Dispatcher's record, 1891.

Title: Dispatcher's record, 1891.

Dispatcher's record of orders for the Salamanca-Meadville Division of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad, leased by the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155440020 View