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Crosby, William Chase, 1806-1880. Business papers, 1818-1898 (inclusive).

Title: Business papers, 1818-1898 (inclusive).

Letters, deeds, maps, and other papers relating to timber holdings in Maine and to Maine railroads in which Crosby was interested. Includes papers of a son Wilson Crosby and of a brother-in-law, George W. Ingersoll.

ArchivalResource: .75 linear ft. (4 v., 1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/229894318 View

Crosby, William Chase, 1806-1880. Papers, 1818-1881.

Title: Papers, 1818-1881.

The papers of a farmer, businessman, and lawyer, of Atkinson and Bangor, Maine. Chiefly letters to Crosby in his capacity as chairman of the East Maine Kansas Aid Society; together with lists of subscribers and funds collected, reports of progress in recruiting emigrants to go to Kansas, diaries (1818-1880) relating to Crosby's life, and miscellaneous family correspondence. Correspondents include Calvin Cutter, T.W. Higginson, S.G. Howe, J.H. Perkins, John H. Rice, and George Talbot. There are also several letters from groups of Maine settlers in the west describing something of the situation and problems there. Also includes poster for recruitment of volunteers for the Eighteenth Maine Regiment Bangor, July 15, 1862, W.C. Crosby, recruiting officer. Included also is a letter from Daniel Sanborn dated Feb. 9, 1863 verifying the identity of Henry Putnam for payment for service aboard the Colorado (ship). Included also is a public notice dated October 20, 1856, Fredericton to claims of parties authorized to cut timber and signed by James A. Harding and Wm. McD. Dawson. Included also is a report of the U.S. Congressional Investigating Committee sent to the territory of Kansas.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (68 items)1 folio folder (2 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55895392 View

Vertical file collection on railroads, 1824-1935 (inclusive).

Title: Vertical file collection on railroads, 1824-1935 (inclusive).

Consists of unbound manuscripts of less than a volume in size concerning numerous railroads and electric railroads in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Great Britain.

ArchivalResource: ca. 3 linear ft. (1.5 file drawers)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269600781 View