Samuel J. Ritchie Papers 1870-1920

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Samuel J. Ritchie Papers 1870-1920

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Samuel J. Ritchie (1838-1908) was a railroad and mining promoter, and resident of Summit County, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, notes, legal proceedings, and other papers dealing primarily with the construction and operation of the Central Ontario Railroad Co. and the incorporation and affairs of the Canadian Copper Company and the Anglo-American Iron Company, three companies which Ritchie served as president. Includes papers relating to Ritchie's discovery of copper and nickel mines in Sudbury, Ontario and to his large coal properties in West Virginia., and family correspondence, private account books, and newspaper clippings.

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Ritchie, Samuel J., 1838-1908.

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Railroad and mining promoter, and resident of Summit County, Ohio. From the description of Papers, 1870-1920. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 18376018 Samuel J. Ritchie (1838-1908) was born in Boston Township, Summit County, Ohio. He attend Western Reserve College of Hudson, Ohio, in 1856, and entered the lumber business in 1860. He married Sophronia J. Hale in 1865. In 1871 he became a partner in Sperry & Ritchie, makers of sewer pipe and then owners...