Elisha Whittlesey papers, 1839-[ca. 1866].

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Elisha Whittlesey papers, 1839-[ca. 1866].

Papers pertaining to the planning and financing of the Buffalo and Mississippi Railroad, including a capital stock description, letters, and statistics of the railroad and counties in Indiana and Michigan, including numbers of flour mills, acres of land, population, and bushels of corn.

1 reel positive, 1 reel negative microfilm.

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Cornell University Library

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Buffalo and Mississippi Railroad

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Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863

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Ohio lawyer, Whig Congressman, and Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury. From the description of Letter, 1858 August 9, Canfield, Ohio, to Charles Lanman, Norwich, Conn. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 13827736 Lawyer, U.S. Representative from Ohio for eight terms from 1823-1838, and comptroller of the Treasury under Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Lincoln. A resident of Canfield, Ohio, Whittlesey was prosecuting attorney for the entire Western Reserve from 1807-1823, ...