Mary T. Hill papers, 1858-1960.

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Mary T. Hill papers, 1858-1960.

Diaries, letters, financial records, and other materials of Mary T. Hill, wife of St. Paul railroad magnate James J. Hill, focusing largely on family life.

21.5 cu. ft. (40 boxes).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7564091

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Hill family.

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Gavin, Gertrude Hill.

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Hill, Louis Warren, -1948

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Hill, Mary Theresa Mehegan , 1846-1921.

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Mary Theresa Mehegan was born in New York City July 1, 1846, the daughter of recent Irish immigrants. Mary’s father, Timothy Mehegan, moved the family to St. Anthony in the newly organized Minnesota Territory in 1850. They quickly moved to St. Paul where Mr. Mehegan worked tailoring clothes and selling real estate until his death on Christmas Eve, 1854. Mary and her sister Eliza attended St. Joseph’s Academy in St. Paul and Mary worked as a waitress at the Merchant’s Hotel where she...

Hill, Walter J., 1885-

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Taft School

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Lindley, Clara Hill, 1873-1947

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Boeckmann, Rachel Hill, 1881-1967.

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Hill, Maud Van Cortlandt Taylor 1870-1961.

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Maud Van Cortlandt Taylor was born in Staten Island, New York, on April 11, 1870, to a wealthy family descended from early American colonists. She met Louis W. Hill, son of railroad baron James J. Hill, while living with her family in St. Paul, Minnesota. Maud began studying to become a nurse at Presbyterian Hospital in New York in 1900 but ended her schooling when she became ill with typhoid later that year. She became engaged to Louis Hill in April of 1901 and they married at the ...

Siglar's Preparatory School (Newburgh, N.Y.).

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Hill, James Jerome 1838-1916

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Railroad financier. From the description of Addresses, 1902-1916. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853289 Businessman and railroad executive, James J. Hill (1838-1916), was founder of the Great Northern Railway Company, which incorporated and extended an important transcontinental line, running from St. Paul, Minnesota to Seattle, Washington by 1893. Frequently called the "Empire Builder," Hill amassed a personal fortune through h...