Records of the Overland Mail Company, 1850-1898 (bulk 1850-1887).

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Records of the Overland Mail Company, 1850-1898 (bulk 1850-1887).

The collection contains personal correspondence, business papers, 2 photographs, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings (1865-66) related to the development of overland mail service in the United States West. This collection is composed of two groups of manuscripts: (1) The papers of Hiram S. Rumfield (75 pieces), asst. treasurer of the Overland Mail Company at Salt Lake City, UT, which contain documents related to Rumfield family matters, the business affairs of the Overland Mail Company, and Indians in Utah Territory; (2) The papers of L.P. Williamson (90 pieces), superintendent of the North Western Overland Mail Company and president of the Western Mail and Stage Company, which include reports from stage drivers concerning road conditions.

166 pieces.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6764274

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Rumfield, Hiram S.

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Overland Mail Company

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The Butterfield Overland Mail Company, organized in 1857, carried mail between St. Louis and San Francisco until the outbreak of the Civil War forced it to move north to the central overland route. It was known as the Central Overland and Pike's Peak Express Company until it was reorganized and Gen. Bela M. Hughes was elected president of the Overland Mail Company in 1861. From the description of Records of the Overland Mail Company, 1850-1898 (bulk 1850-1887). (Huntington Library, A...

North Western Overland Mail Company.

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Williamson, L. P.

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