Old Colony & Fall River Railroad company records, 1836-1893 (inclusive).

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Old Colony & Fall River Railroad company records, 1836-1893 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702168295

The records date largely from the merger period and include correspondence, reports, financial and legal papers, diagrams relating to the railroads and miscellaneous printed matter such as passes, tickets and clippings. Included in the correspondence are several family letters of Alexander Holmes, president of the company. Other correspondents are Julia Ward Howe, George Stillman Hillard and Samuel Hill. Of the two account books, one lists the shareholders and the other tabulates revenues for stations along the railroad.

5 linear ft. (4 boxes, 1 folio)

Yale University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8022844

Yale University Library

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Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910

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Julia Ward Howe, née Julia Ward, (born May 27, 1819, New York, New York, U.S.—died October 17, 1910, Newport, Rhode Island), American author and lecturer best known for her “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Julia Ward came of a well-to-do family and was educated privately. In 1843 she married educator Samuel Gridley Howe and took up residence in Boston. Always of a literary bent, she published her first volume of poetry, Passion Flowers, in 1854; this and subsequent works—including a poetry collec...

Fall River Railroad Company.

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Hall, Samuel, 1800-1870.

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Hillard, George Stillman, 1808-1879

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George Stillman Hillard was a Boston lawyer, politician, and author. As a lawyer he practiced practiced in partnership with Charles Sumner, and served both in the Massachusetts legislature as well as U.S. district attorney for Massachusetts. He also wrote extensively and edited a number of periodicals. From the description of George Stillman Hillard letters, 1840-1866. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 711612596 American lawyer and biographer. ...

Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Company.

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The Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Company was based in Massachusetts, and originally called the Old Colony Railroad Company. In 1846 is merged with the Fall River Railroad Company. It returned to it original name in 1872. From the description of Old Colony & Fall River Railroad company records, 1836-1893 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702168295 The Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Company was based in Massachusetts, and originally called the Old C...

Holmes, Alexander, 1803-1869

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Railroad company executive from Boston, Mass. From the description of Papers, 1861-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20748400 Alexander Holmes was an assignee. He was responsible for overseeing the sales of insolvent debtor's estates and for paying creditors in Kingston, Ma. From the description of Estate records, 1840-1843. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122355420 ...

Old Colony Railroad Company

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Chartered in 1844; opened for service from Boston to Plymouth, Mass., in 1845. Eventually blanketed southern Massachusetts with rail lines. Operated the famous boat train from Boston connecting with Fall River steamers for New York City. Passed into control of the New Haven system in 1893. From the description of Records, 1846-1937 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269581169 ...