Stockholders' minutes, 1852-1876.

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Stockholders' minutes, 1852-1876.

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The records consist of two volumes of stockholders' minutes of the Mississippi Central and its successor, the New Orleans, St. Louis & Chicago. The minutes, which contain occasional manuscript annual reports, document the construction of the railroad and its reorganization by H. S. McComb.

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