Joint Committee to Investigate theReceivership of the International & Great Northern Railroad records 1891

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Joint Committee to Investigate theReceivership of the International & Great Northern Railroad records 1891

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The Texas Joint Committee toInvestigate the Receivership of the International & Great Northern Railroad wascreated to investigate the case of Jay Gould vs. the International & GreatNorthern (I&GN) Railroad Company and all the proceedings in the case, whichincluded the receivership of the I&GN. Records of the committee consist of atypescript transcription of the oral testimony and financial and legal exhibitsfiled with the committee during its hearings in 1891.

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Gould, Jay, 1836-1892

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Jay Gould (1826-1892) was an American financier and railroad entrepreneur. Jason Gould was born May 27, 1836 in Roxbury, New York to Mary (Moore) and John Burr Gould. As a young man, Gould helped prepare maps of several counties in New York, Ohio and Michigan. In 1856, he wrote History of Delaware County, and Border Wars of New York, a work which explored the local history of the region. Around 1857, Gould opened a tannery in northern Pennsylvania. He soon began speculating in small railways....

International & Great Northern Railroad.

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Texas. Legislature. Joint Committee to Investigate the Receivership of the International & Great Northern Railroad.

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The Texas Joint Committee to Investigate the Receivership of the International & Great Northern Railroad was created by a concurrent resolution of the 22nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, approved by the Texas House of Representatives on March 30, 1891 and by the Texas Senate on the following day. The resolution called for the investigation of the case of Jay Gould vs. the International & Great Northern (I&GN) Railroad Company and all the proceedings in the case, whi...