Minute books, 1847-1950 [microform].

Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1843-1899

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Cornelius Vanderbilt was the favorite grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, who bequeathed him $5 million, and the eldest son of William Henry Vanderbilt (who bequeathed him about $70 million) and Maria Louisa Kissam. In his turn, he succeeded them as the chairman and the president of the New York Central and related railroad lines in 1885. On February 4, 1867, he married Alice Claypoole Gwynne (1845–1934); they had seven children. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage on September 12, 1899, at...

Depew, Chauncey M. (Chauncey Mitchell), 1834-1928

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Charles Ranlett Flint (1850-1934) was a financial capitalist, merchant and industrial consolidator. He entered the shipping business and worked for commission merchants in New York City. Popularly known as the "Father of Trusts", he was responsible for many industrial consolidations and mergers. From the guide to the Charles R. Flint papers, 1872-1930, 1885-1915, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1834-1928) was a lawye...

Merchants Despatch Transportation Company

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MDT, also known as the Merchants Despatch Refrigerator Line; fast freight line; organized 1855. From the description of Merchants Despatch Transportation Company way-bill, 1881 Oct. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 241309226 ...

Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877

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Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) was a steamship and railroad promoter and financier. From the description of Cornelius Vanderbilt correspondence, 1873-1885. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455780 From the guide to the Cornelius Vanderbilt correspondence, 1873-1885, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Vanderbilt was the president of the New York Central Rail Road Company. Hoffman was the governor of New York, 1869-1872. Fr...

Hudson River West Shore Rail Road Company.

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New York and Ottawa Railway Company.

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Grand River Valley Railroad Company.

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Grayling, Twin Lakes and Northeastern Railroad Company.

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Leamington and St. Clair Railway Company.

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Lewiston Suspension Bridge Company.

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Indiana Harbor Railroad Company.

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Madison Avenue and Twenty-third Street Railroad Company.

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Hammond and Blue Island Railway Company of Indiana.

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McKeesport and Belle Vernon Railroad Company.

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Hammond and Blue Island Railroad Company.

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Mahopac Falls Railroad Company.

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New York and Ottawa Bridge Company.

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Corning, Erastus, 1794-1872

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Harrisburg Railway Company.

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Hooverhurst and South Western Railroad Company.

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Little Falls and Dolgeville Railroad Company.

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New York Central Niagara River Railroad Company.

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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...

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway

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Railway system formed in 1869 by the merger of four railroads, the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana, the Cleveland and Toledo, the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula, and the Buffalo and Erie. In 1914 it was merged into the New York Central system. From the description of Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company records, 1849-1909 [microform]. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 48861827 From the description of Records 1849-1909. (Rhinelander ...

Madison Avenue and Eighty-sixth Street Railway Company.

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New York City and Northern Railroad Company.

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Lewiston Rail Road Company.

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Grand Trunk Railway Company of Michigan.

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Indiana and Lake Michigan Railway Company of Michigan.

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Hudson River Railroad

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Terminal Railroad Company (Ill.).

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New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company

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Born 1 Feb. 1885 in Johnstown, Pa. Moved with family to Buffalo shortly after the Johnstown flood of 1889. When his parents died, he became the ward of his brother-in-law, C. George Hyde, who apprenticed him to the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad in 1902. From the description of Apprenticeship papers of John P. Loewer, 1902 May 5. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 44271315 Railroad company formed from a consolidation of the New York Central Railroad ...

Kanawha and West Virginia Railroad Company.

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Harrison Branch Railroad Company.

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New York and Putnam Railroad Company.

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Imboden and Odell Railroad Company.

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Vanderbilt, William H. (William Henry), 1821-1885

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Sloan, Samuel, 1817-1907

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New York, Westchester and Putnam Railway Company.

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Martinsville and Franklin Railroad Company.

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Vanderbilt, William K. (William Kissam), 1849-1920

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