Papers, 1848-1859 (bulk 1851-1853)

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Papers, 1848-1859 (bulk 1851-1853)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22160987

Collection consists of the construction records of the Alton and Sangamon Rail Road which includes a preliminary survey, field notes, submitted proposals, contracts, financial records, monthly estimates of work completed, contract vouchers, cash records, journals, two surveyor's plats of the Godfrey, Illinois, area, and an engineers' report of a preliminary survey for a railway line between Alton, Illinois, and Terre Haute, Indiana.

3 linear ft. (7 manuscript boxes)

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Gilman, Winthrop Sargent, 1808-1884

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Gilman, by 1878 a New York banker, had been a defender of Elijah Lovejoy in Alton, Illinois in 1837. From the description of Letter, February 15, 1878. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 690960179 ...

Monticello Female Seminary

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Godfrey, Benjamin, 1794-1862.

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Merchant, financier, philanthropist; merchant marine, War of 1812; founded Monticello Female Seminary, Godfrey, Illinois, 1833; president, Alton and Sangamon Railroad, 1847. From the description of Letter: Monticello [Godfrey, Ill.], to William Martin, Edwardsville, Ill., 1843 Nov. 27. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 31595284 From the description of Letter: Vandalia, [Ill.], to Theron Baldwin, Jacksonville, Ill., 1837 Jan. 5. (Abraham Lincoln Pres...

Alton and Sangamon Railroad.

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