Chauncey M. Depew papers, 1865-1928.

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Chauncey M. Depew papers, 1865-1928.

Correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to Depew's activities as official of the New York Central Railroad Company (1866-1928), senator from New York (1899-1911), and orator. Correspondents include Benjamin Harrison, Levi P. Morton, Whitelaw Reid, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Howard Taft.

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The New York Central Railroad first stationed business representatives in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1853, but it was not until 1870 that the railroad established a significant presence in the local railroad economy. During the 1880s-1890s, the New York Central purchased controlling interests in various railroads to secure routes into Cleveland. In the early twentieth century it built and bought lines through and around Cleveland. Yards that were key to New York Central's repair, maintenance, and stora...

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