Maps and profiles of preliminary surveys of the Southern Railroad / made by order of the Board of Internal Improvement of the State of Michigan under the direction of Joseph S. Dutton ; drawn by Stephen B. Brophy.

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Maps and profiles of preliminary surveys of the Southern Railroad / made by order of the Board of Internal Improvement of the State of Michigan under the direction of Joseph S. Dutton ; drawn by Stephen B. Brophy.

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Series 88 of record group 59-4 consists of maps and profiles of preliminary surveys (1837) of the Southern Railroad, originally collected by Michigan Lands Division, and were drawn by Stephen B. Brophy under the direction of Joseph S. Dutton, chief engineer. Survey of the railroad through Berrien, St. Joseph, Cass, Hillsdale, Branch and Lenawee counties (along the Michigan-Indiana border). The map is 28" x 23" with a horizontal scale of 1 mile : 1 1/2 in. and a perpendicular scale of 120 ft. : 1 in., in an elephantine folio (14 pages).

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Brophy, Stephen B.

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Michigan. Board of Internal Improvement

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The Michigan Board of Internal Improvements was created to facilitate the development of canals and railroads in the state of Michigan. The program planned to borrow 5 million dollars to finance transportation development in Michigan. The internal improvements program required that five parallel lines of railroads and canals be constructed to connect major points within the state. As in many well-intended programs, however, things went amiss. Land speculation schemes and corruption followed the ...

Southern Railroad (Mich.)

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Dutton, Joseph, 1843-1931

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Officer, 13th Wisconsin Volunteers Regiment. Missionary to leper colony in Molokai, an island in the Hawaiian group. Originally from Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin. From the description of Diary, 1855-1864, bulk 1861-1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 15788923 Missionary and army officer. From the description of Papers of Joseph Dutton, 1919-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71010068 Brother Joseph Dutton, born Ira Dutton, served...

Michigan. Lands Division

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