New Orleans and Carrollton Rail Road Company records, 1834-1896.

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New Orleans and Carrollton Rail Road Company records, 1834-1896.

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This collection consists of handwritten reports, contracts, real estate records, legal records and other documents of the New Orleans and Carrollton Rail Road Company. Also included are clippings, correspondence, expense sheets, stamps, tickets, printed forms, and drawings. Papers are included which bear autographs of G. T. Beauregard, Victor Burthe and Don A. Pardee.

2 linear feet (4 boxes and 1 oversized folder)

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7766457

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893

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P.G.T. Beauregard was a Confederate States Army general from New Orleans, Louisiana. The Aztec Club was organized in 1847 as a fraternal society for officers serving under General Winfield Scott's command in Mexico City. Several officers later became major Civil War leaders. From the description of Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard letter, 1892 Dec. 29. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 70294149 Former Confederate general and resident of New Orleans. At the t...

New Orleans and Carrollton Rail Road Company

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The New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad was the forerunner of the twenty-first century St. Charles Avenue streetcar line. The company was chartered in 1833 and the line opened for business in 1835, connecting the city of New Orleans, La., with the nearby village of Carrollton. This was one of the first trolley systems built in the United States, and continued operations through the Civil War when the city was occupied. One of the post-war presidents of the company was former Confederate general ...