Fairbanks papers, 1815-1889.

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Fairbanks papers, 1815-1889.

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The Fairbanks Papers are made up of records of E. and T. Fairbanks and Company, 1832-1876, a stove and scale manufacturer in St. Johnsbury, Vermont; and correspondence of Erastus Fairbanks, 1815-1861, and his brothers Thaddeus and Joseph, 1834-1876, and son Horace, 1848-1873. There are also some papers of the Vermont International Telegraph Co., 1877-1889. The correspondence of Erastus Fairbanks is about the scale business, railroading (especially the Connecticut and Passumpsic Railroad), politics, his interest in the temperance movement and the anti-slavery movement, and the Congregational Church in St. Johnsbury. Correspondents include Justin Morrill (1810-1898), George Marsh (1801-1882), and William Slade (1786-1859).

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