Railroads
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 73 Collections and/or Records:
William F. Jones papers
Collection
Identifier: L086
Scope and Contents
This collection contains personal and business papers and correspondence of William F. Jones ranging from 1827 to 1890. The correspondence regards Jones’s land and business interest in Blackford and Delaware County and his work on the Fort Wayne and Southern Railroad. There is also information regarding state and national politics, receipts, and a girl’s diary. Correspondents include Jones’s family in Ohio, his daughter and son-in-law, Thomas Dowling, William H. English, Andrew J....
Dates:
1827-1890
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William F. Jones papers
Williamson Wright papers
Collection — Folder S1465
Identifier: S1465
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 23 letters from Williamson Wright in Logansport and Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1837 to 1865, including business correspondence from Wright's legal business, concerning his cases on Indian claims, roads, railroads, canals and canal lands; political correspondence regarding issues before the Indiana General Assembly, as well as Whig and Republican Party politics; and correspondence about his involvement with railroad companies.
Dates:
1837-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Williamson Wright papers
Willis W. Thornburg collection
Collection
Identifier: L348
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, papers, pamphlets, trade catalogs, and ephemera from Willis W. Thornburg in Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1890 to 1927, regarding the railway mail service, bicycles, Prohibition, and places around the United States such as Portland, Oregon and Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Dates:
1890-1927, undated
