Erie Railway, Jefferson Branch strike correspondence, 1877.

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Erie Railway, Jefferson Branch strike correspondence, 1877.

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The collection contains telegraph correspondence, 10-11 October 1877, among B. Thomas, Superintendant of the Delaware Division, Erie Railway, Port Jervis; H.C. Jessup, Montrose, Pa.; Sheriff William White, Montrose; and Pennsylvania Governor John F. Hartranft, Harrisburg, Pa. concerning the necessity for troops to guard the railroad trestles on the Jefferson Branch of the Erie Railway during a workers' strike.

10 telegrams.

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Jessup, H. C.

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White, William, sheriff

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Hartranft, John F., 1830-1889

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On April 28, 1865 Major General John F. Hartranft was appointed military governor of the military prison at the U.S. Arsenal, Washington, D.C., and commander of the troops assembled for its defense. He was responsible for the incarceraton, treatment and eventual execution of the prisoners who were found guilty in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln, Vice President Andrew Johnson, General Ulysses S. Grant and Secretary of State William H. Seward. From the descripti...

Thomas, B. (Benjamin),

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Erie Railway

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Railway chartered in 1832 as the New York and Erie Railroad Company; reorganized in 1861 as the Erie Railway Company; reorganized again in 1878 as the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company. After several additional successive reorganizations, the company became known as the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad in 1960. From the description of Erie Railway records, 1836-1837, 1872-1878. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58782042 ...