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Great Western Railway and related papers [textual record]

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Date:

1845-1853.

Reference:

MG24-D80

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

113267

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John Young fonds

Great Western Railway and related papers
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Date(s):

1845-1853.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

16 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Series consists of correspondence, circulars, contracts and reports written and received by Young concerning the financing and construction of the Great Western Railway, n.d., 1845-1853. Included are letters from Erastus Corning, Albany, New York; J.M. Forbes, Boston, Massachusetts; Peter Buchanan, Glasgow, Scotland; Francis Hincks, Allan Napier McNab and Robert W. Harris. Volume 1.

Series also consists of a copy of report of Chief Engineer Rosewell G. Benedict and various memorandum on the compound rail, 1851-1852, volume 2; letterbook kept by Young and Robert W. Harris, 23 December 1850 to 3 June 1852, volume 3.

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Private

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MG24-D80
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Volume [MG24 D 80] 1--3

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