Eastern Railroad Company Records, 1839, 1847.

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Eastern Railroad Company Records, 1839, 1847.

Correspondence between George Peabody, President of the Eastern Railroad, and Stephen G. Phillips, Mayor of Salem. Concerning the purchase of land for a new court house, and the widening of Washington Street. Also: Bond and Mortgage, Eastern Railroad Co., to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Another letter concerning the construction of the Eastern Railroad, plus a letter signed by B.T. Reed to the President of the Eastern Railroad Company. An agreement between the Eastern Railroad Company with William Roberts and William L. Roberts for the Masonry of the new passenger depot in Salem (Mass.)

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Eastern Railroad Company

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Peabody, George, 1795-1869

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Businessman and philanthropist. From the description of Papers of George Peabody, 1841-1869. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450003 American financier. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to John Brodhead, 1847 May 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872091 Banker and philanthropist, of London, England; born and buried in Danvers, Mass.; in 1866 donated $12,000 to Georgetown, Mass., for the building of a library; benefactor of li...

Reed, B. T.

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