Records, 1851-1878.

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Records, 1851-1878.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46592695

Notebooks containing surveying statistics and notes, bench line information, expenses of surveys, and accounts. Much of this was written by Farnum and Reed. There is also an account book for the Mississippi and Missouri Rail Road Company with accounts kept by Farnum and company president, Thomas Clark Durant.

14 notebooks.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7567324

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Farnum, Henry

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Reed, Samuel Benedict, 1818-1891

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Samuel B. Reed, general superintendent fo construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. From the description of Letter: to the Reverend J. W. Cook /by Samuel B. Reed. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702128281 Samuel Benedict Reed was born in Arlington, Vermont in 1818. His first job was working on the Erie Canal. In 1842, he went to Illinois to work on the Michigan Southern Railroad. In March 1864, Reed was hired to survey the area between the Green River and the Salt Lake Vall...

Durant, Thomas Clark, 1820-1885

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Chicago and Rock Island Railroad.

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Railroad chartered in 1851 to run from Chicago to Rock Island, Illinois, with Henry Farnum, a surveyor, largely responsible for its building, using Samuel B. Reed as the construction engineer. From the description of Records, 1851-1878. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 46592695 ...