Brazil railway company
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)
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |
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| Brazil | |||
| South America |
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| Railroads |
| Railroads |
| Railroads |
| Transportation |
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