Brazil railway company

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The Brazil Railway Company was founded in 1906 by New York businessman and Latin American industrialist Percival Farquhar. He had a dream of industrializing the Southern Amazon region by building railways to carry and distribute goods and materials. In 1913, the Brazil Railway Company filed for bankruptcy due to the Balkan Wars and a freeze in credit. A court in Maine appointed W. Cameron Forbes as receiver of the company and he created a reorganization and credit pay back plan for the company. The Brazil Railway continued to operate until roughly 1940.

From the guide to the Brazil Railway Company records, 1914-1920, (Baker Library, Harvard Business School)

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf J.P. Morgan & Co. Brazil Railway loan of 1911 : syndicate records, 1911 Dec. 18. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Farquhar, Percival, 1864-1953. Percival Farquhar papers, 1893-1967 (inclusive), 1919-1948 (bulk). Yale University Library
creatorOf Brazil Railway Company. Brazil Railway Company records, 1914-1920. Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library
referencedIn W. Cameron Forbes Papers, 1904-1946 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf J.P. Morgan & Co. Brazil Railway Advance : syndicate records, 1909 May 02. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Brazil Railway Company records, 1914-1920 Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Brazil Land, Cattle, and Packing Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Farquhar, Percival, 1864-1953. person
associatedWith Ferrovia Madeira-Mamoré corporateBody
associatedWith Ferrovia Madeira-Mamoré. corporateBody
associatedWith Forbes, W. Cameron 1870-1959. person
associatedWith Forbes, W. Cameron (William Cameron), 1870-1859 person
associatedWith Gauld, Charles Anderson, 1911- person
associatedWith J.P. Morgan & Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Perkins, Charles E. person
associatedWith Perkins, Charles E. person
associatedWith Uruguay Railway Company. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Brazil
South America
Subject
Railroads
Railroads
Railroads
Transportation
Occupation
Activity

Corporate Body

Active 1914

Active 1920

Americans

English

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