Melville E. Ingalls Correspondence, 1871-1906.

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Melville E. Ingalls Correspondence, 1871-1906.

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Collection consists of 215 letters written mostly to the president of the Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Lafayette railroad, Melville E. Ingalls, by Ohio railroad executives, Ohio suppliers and lawyers about business, operations, accidents, finance, supplies political and personal issues.

0.5 cubic ft.

Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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Ingalls, Melville Ezra, 1842-1914.

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Melville Ingalls was a Massachusetts lawyer interested in corporate law pertaining to railroads. He came to Cincinnati in 1870 to investigate finances of Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette Railroad. He became president of Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway in 1880. In 1889 Ingalls' railroad and Cornelius Vanderbilt II's Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad merged to form the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (known as the Big...

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