Legal papers, 1879-1922 (inclusive) [microform].

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Legal papers, 1879-1922 (inclusive) [microform].

Legal papers, exhibits, corporate directors' and stockholders' records, receivers' statements, depositions, shipping articles, logbook, hearings, and briefs filed by litigants in the Federal courts of Massachusetts: the U.S. Circuit Court (1st Circuit) prior to 1911; and for later dates, the U.S. District Court (Massachusetts) and the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (1st Circuit). Includes papers relating to J.C. Crookshank's Concession for lumbering in Nicaragua, 1891-1897; exhibits in an infringement case involving National Cash Register Company, Boston, 1886-1896; directors' and stockholders' records of Crocker Pen Company, Boston, 1908-1921; receivers' records, New York and New England Railroad, 1895; papers relating to the S.S. Prussian, 1887-1893, and to the ship Prince Edward, 1898; logbook of the whaler Adelia Chace, 1893-1896; papers relating to Bell Telephone vs. Peter A. Dowd, 1879, Western Union vs. American Bell, 1881-1892, and William Filene's Sons Company vs. Gilchrist Company, 1911-1922; and hearings in a suit involving Bay Head Orchard Company, Boston real estate company, 1915-1921.

ca. 5 linear ft. (22 boxes, 5 v.)Copies: 1 microfilm reel.

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Bell Telephone Company

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Watson, Thomas Augustus, 1854-1934

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New York and New England Railroad.

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Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922

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Inventor and educator. From the description of Check, 1918 Feb. 11. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70954428 Alexander Graham Bell, inventor and educator, and members of the related Bell, Fairchild, Grosvenor, and Hubbard families. From the description of Alexander Graham Bell family papers, 1834-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979893 Inventor Alexander Graham Bell became a member of the American Philsophical Society in...

Crocker Pen Company.

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Higgins, B. A.

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Adelia Chace (Schooner)

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Western Union Telegraph Company

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The bark Golden Gate and clipper ship Nightingale were both involved in the Western Union Telegraph Expedition to British Columbia, Alaska and Russia to survey areas where the Western Union Telegraph Company planned to construct a telegraph line linking America and Europe. The line was never completed. Charles S. Bulkley was Engineer-in-Chief and Charles M. Scammon was Chief of Marine. The bark Golden Gate was the flagship of the expedition from June 1865 to March 1866, after which the clipper s...

William Filene's Sons Company.

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Dowd, Peter A.

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Bay Head Orchard Company.

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Gannon, Thomas M.

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American Bell Telephone Company

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Gilchrist Company.

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Allan, Harry T., 1928-

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United States. Court of Appeals (1st Circuit)

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Kinney, Edward C.

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National Cash Register Company

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Cash register manufacturing and sales company, founded by John H. Patterson in Dayton, Ohio, in 1884. Later the company became known as NCR. From the description of Souvenir of Fifth Annual Convention of the Hundred Point Club, Dayton, Ohio, 1911, Jan. 9-14. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 166329104 The National Cash Register Company was founded in 1884 in Dayton, Ohio. by John H. Patterson. Maker of the first mechanical cash registers and predecessor of NCR C...

Prince Edward (Ship)

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Prussian (Ship)

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Crookshank, J. C.

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