[Papers]. 1838-1899.

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[Papers]. 1838-1899.

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Includes the letters of G.B. Roberts of the Pennsylvania Rail Road Company and miscellaneous papers concerning Thompson's involvement in politics and law. Correspondents include Charles Dewey, Noah Noble, Josephus Collett, J.N. Phipps, and G.F. Wright.

45 items ; 33 x 20 cm.

Indiana Historical Society Library

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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Vigo, Francis, 1747-1836

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Dewey, Charles, 1784-1862

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Thompson, Richard W. (Richard Wigginton), 1809-1900

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Virginia born Indiana lawyer, politician, and author who served in the Indiana legislature, 1834-1838, the U.S. Senate, 1840-1852, and briefly as Rutherford Hayes' secretary of the navy. From the description of Memorandum : Washington, [D.C.], 1852 July 21. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 35517110 Indiana school teacher and lawyer, served in the Indiana Legislature and the U.S. House and Senate. Appointed to the Indiana 5th Circuit Court by Andrew Johnson. During Pre...

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The Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad Company was originally chartered the Terre Haute & Richmond Railroad Company in 1847. By the end of the Civil War the TH&R became an important east-west trunk line and in March 1865, to better reflect reality, the Indiana legislature changed the name of the TH&R to the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad. In 1867 William Riley McKeen became its president. He renamed the system the Vandalia line in 1868, and to keep the railroad independ...