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Minnesota. Railroad Bonds Commission. Records and related materials, 1858-1902.

Title: Records and related materials, 1858-1902.

Commission's minutes and final report, and bondholders' letters and depositions. Also claims files originating in the State Auditor's Office and a sample of the original $1000 bonds issued by the railroads. The bondholders' letters and depositions provide information on the bond holdings of those who testified before the Commission and the terms of surrender the holders were willing to accept, while the files that originated in the State Auditor's Office relate to the settlement of claims on behalf of the Minneapolis and Cedar Valley, Transit, Minnesota and Pacific, and Root River and Southern Minnesota railroads and a nonrelated claim against the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. Also a sample of the original $1000 bonds issued by the railroads, originally held in the State Treasurer's Office.

ArchivalResource: 1.3 cu. ft. (1 box, 2 partial boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313788018 View

William B. Turner letters 1857-1875 1857-1859 Turner, William B. letters

Title: William B. Turner letters 1857-1875 1857-1859 Turner, William B. letters

This collection contains 7 letters related to William B. Turner, a native of New York who moved to Northfield, Minnesota, in the late 1850s. Turner wrote 6 letters to his family about life in Wisconsin and Minnesota, and received 1 letter from his mother in 1875.

ArchivalResource: 7 items

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United States. General Land Office. Railroad selection lists, 1860-1926.

Title: Railroad selection lists, 1860-1926.

Lists of land parcels selected by congressional land grant railroads from the public domain as indemnity for land that was unavailable within their original grants/ The several Minnesota railroads that received congressional grants of public lands to assist in meeting construction expenses were entitled to receive specified amounts of land for each mile of track completed, usually the odd-numbered sections within six miles each side of the line. If any of these lands were already reserved, homesteaded, or otherwise unavailable, the railroad was entitled to select an equivalent amount of public land as indemnity. The Railroad Selection Lists itemize the indemnity lands selected by each railroad and submitted for approval to the General Land Office. They generally, but not always, correspond to the master sets of approved lists and land patents kept by the State Land Office.

ArchivalResource: 10.5 cu. ft. (14 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313789680 View

MacEdward, John W. John W. MacEdward letter, 22 Oct. 1858.

Title: John W. MacEdward letter, 22 Oct. 1858.

Photocopy of a letter written by MacEdward while working as a contractor's clerk on the construction of the Minneapolis and Cedar Valley Railroad. It contains information regarding early Minnesota railroads, Fort Snelling, local economic conditions, and St. Paul.

ArchivalResource: 4 pp.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122523408 View

Fitz, Rudolph H., [ca.1828]-1868. Rudolph H. Fitz and family papers, 1853-1881.

Title: Rudolph H. Fitz and family papers, 1853-1881.

Family letters and memorabilia of Fitz, a St. Paul (Minn.) carpenter and builder, his wife Elmina, and their son Edgar Howard Fitz, discussing daily life, religious matters, and temperance activities; diaries of Rudolph (1854-1855) and Ephraim (1874); family expense books (1861-1863); Edgar's school papers (1873-1879); and 3 architectural plans by Rudolph or Edgar (undated).

ArchivalResource: 0.2 cu. ft. (4 folders, 4 v., and 3 oversize items).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122404384 View

Minneapolis and Cedar Valley Railroad Company. Minutes and stock records, 1857-1859.

Title: Minutes and stock records, 1857-1859.

Minutes of directors' meetings (1857-1858) and a stock record book (1859) of an early Minnesota railroad whose incorporators included such territorial leaders as Henry H. Sibley and Franklin Steele.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 cu. ft. (1 box, containing 2 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313842736 View

Rudolph H. Fitz and family papers., 1853-1881.

Title: Rudolph H. Fitz and family papers. 1853-1881.

Family letters and memorabilia of Fitz, a St. Paul (Minn.) carpenter and builder, his wife Elmina, and their son Edgar Howard Fitz, discussing daily life, religious matters, and temperance activities; diaries of Rudolph (1854-1855) and Edgar (1874); family expense books (1861-1863); Edgar's school papers (1873-1879); and 3 structural plans by Rudolph or Edgar (undated).

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Records and related materials., 1858-1902.

Title: Records and related materials. 1858-1902.

Commission's minutes and final report, and bondholders' letters and depositions. Also claims files originating in the State Auditor's Office and a sample of the original $1000 bonds issued by the railroads.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00072.xml View