Records, 1831-1898 (inclusive).

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Records, 1831-1898 (inclusive).

Correspondence, minute books, stockholders' records, clerks' papers, and other records of Boston & Albany Railroad Company and of the railroads which became part of the Boston and Albany system: Boston & Worcester Railroad Corporation, 1835-1870, 119 volumes; Western Railroad Corporation, 1833-1898, 175 volumes (included in the latter are papers of George W. Whistler, engineer, 1839-1841, William H. Swift, 1837-1839, and George Bliss, agent, 1839-1841); Albany & West Stockbridge Railroad Company, 1834-1877, 25 volumes; Pittsfield & North Adams Railroad Corporation, 1846-1872, 2 volumes.

66 linear ft. (311 v., 28 cases)

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Gilmore, Addison.

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Formed in 1867 by merger of the Boston and Worcester Railroad (chartered 1831) and the Western Railroad (chartered 1833). Leased to the New York Central in 1899. From the description of Records, 1831-1898 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269580906 The Boston and Albany Railroad Company resulted from the development and eventual merger of several railroad lines built to connect eastern Massachusetts with eastern New York state. The firs...

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Power, G. C.

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Pittsfield and North Adams Railroad Corporation.

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Stevens, C. E. (Charles E.)

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Bliss, George H.

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Quincy, Josiah, 1802-1882

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Sargent, H. E.

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Coffin, Stephen.

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Williams, Gregory

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