Letters, 1857-1884.

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Letters, 1857-1884.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38247740

Collection contains letters concerning Brown's shares of stock held in the Southern Pacific Railroad Co., 1857; and a letter of sympathy after he had lost his property, 1884.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7401372

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Brown, William R.

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Hamilton (Martin Co.), N.C. resident. From the description of Letters, 1857-1884. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38247740 ...

Southern Pacific railroad company

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The Southern Pacific Railroad was founded in 1865 and was purchased in 1869 by Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins, better known as the Big Four. It was the first railroad to connect Los Angeles to the rest of California and its lines extended as far as New Orleans. In 1901, the Union Pacific Railroad bought 38% of Southern Pacific stock and took control of the company, but the Union Pacific was ultimately forced to divest these shares in 1912 by the U.S. Supreme...