John Insley Blair papers, 1830-1896.

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John Insley Blair papers, 1830-1896.

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Contains correspondence; journals; personal financial records; records of his coal, iron, and railroad interests; estate papers; records of various churches in Blairstown, Warren County; Blairstown post office records; scrapbooks; printed materials; a description of Republican National Convention of 1860 and the nomination of Abraham Lincoln; and the records of railroad companies including Bangor and Portland Railroad, Burlington, Cedar Rapids, and Northern Railway Company of Iowa, Central Railroad of New Jersey, Green Bay and Minneapolis Railroad, Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company. Also contains letters of the following individuals: DeWitt Clinton Blair, Jacob M. Blair, George Bowlby, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Robert G. Hunt, John A. Reiley, Charles Scribner, John D. Vail, and Asa Whitehead.

16 linear ft.

New Jersey Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7676975

New Jersey Historical Society Library

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Frelinghuysen, Frederick T. (Frederick Theodore), 1817-1885

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Lawyer, U.S. secretary of state, and U.S. senator from New Jersey. From the description of Frederick T. Frelinghuysen papers, 1882-1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79194297 New Jersey statesman and U. S. Senator. From the description of Letter : Newark, New Jersey, to Marston Niles, 1874 Aug 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122290163 From the description of Letter : Newark, New Jersey, to Marston Niles, 1874 Aug 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7...

Green Bay and Minneapolis Railroad

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Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company

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Reiley, John A.

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Burlington, Cedar Rapids, and Northern Railway Company of Iowa

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Blair, John Insley, 1802-1899

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Railroad magnate and philanthropist, of Blairstown, New Jersey. From the description of Papers, 1861-1873 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122602474 Capitalist, philanthropist, and railroad tycoon. From the description of John Insley Blair papers, 1830-1896. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 54347020 In the early 1860s Blair made trips to Iowa to explore possibilities for building railroads in Iowa. Through partnersh...

Vail, John Insley Blair, Dr,

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Bangor and Portland Railroad

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Bowlby, George Marcus, 1927-

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Blair, DeWitt Clinton

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Blair, Jacob M.

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Hunt, Robert G.

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Hunt was a U.S. Paymaster during the Civil War for Michigan Infantry units. No further information about Hunt is available. From the description of Papers, 1861-1865. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 40582960 ...

Central Railroad of New Jersey

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Vail, John D., 1831-1910

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Scribner, Charles, 1854-1930

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Whitehead, Asa, 1793-1860

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