Massachusetts railroads collection 1822-1909

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Massachusetts railroads collection 1822-1909

Correspondence, financial and legal documents, maps, schedules, and newspaper clippings from the records of various Massachusetts railroads eventually incorporated by lease or merger into the Boston and Maine Railroad or the New York Central Railroad.

0.5 linear foot (1 box, 1 folio)

eng,

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Storrow, Charles S. (Charles Storer), 1809-1904

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Engineer and official of the Essex Company and 1st mayor of Lawrence, Mass.; later moved to Boston. From the description of Charles S. Storrow correspondence and Lawrence, Mass., city reports, 1849-1853. (Lawrence Public Library). WorldCat record id: 71254689 ...

Jackson, Patrick Tracy 1780-1847.

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Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

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Formed in 1867 by merger of the Boston and Worcester Railroad (chartered 1831) and the Western Railroad (chartered 1833). Leased to the New York Central in 1899. From the description of Records, 1831-1898 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269580906 The Boston and Albany Railroad Company resulted from the development and eventual merger of several railroad lines built to connect eastern Massachusetts with eastern New York state. The firs...

New York Central Railroad Company

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The New York Central Railroad first stationed business representatives in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1853, but it was not until 1870 that the railroad established a significant presence in the local railroad economy. During the 1880s-1890s, the New York Central purchased controlling interests in various railroads to secure routes into Cleveland. In the early twentieth century it built and bought lines through and around Cleveland. Yards that were key to New York Central's repair, maintenance, and stora...

Wide Awake (Steamer)

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Nashua and Lowell Railroad.

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Sprague, Peleg, 1793-1880

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Born on April 27, 1793, in Duxbury, Massachusetts, Sprague received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1812 from Harvard University, attended Litchfield Law School, then read law in 1815. He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Augusta, District of Maine (then part of Massachusetts) from 1815 to 1817. He continued private practice in Hallowell, Kennebec County, District of Maine (State of Maine from March 15, 1820) from 1817 to 1821. He was a member of the Maine House of Represe...

Stark, George

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Boston and Maine Railroad

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Boston and Worcester Railroad Corporation

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Nichols, R. R

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Boston and Lowell Railroad.

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Grand Junction Railroad and Depot Co.

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Darling, Charles

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