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Cuba, letterbooks [textual record]

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Date:

1900-1915.

Reference:

R7719-4-5-E, MG29-A60

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

117879

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Sir William Van Horne fonds

Cuba, letterbooks
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Series includes:

17 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1900-1915.

Place of creation:

Canada

Added country of publication:

Cuba, United States

Extent:

1.2 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Series consists of copies of outgoing correspondence of Van Horne in his capacity as President of the Cuba Company, covering the period from the incorporation of the Cuba Company until shortly before Van Horne's death. Written from Montreal or St. Andrew's, N.B., the letters provide a continuous running account of the affairs of the company and its subsidiaries, except for periods when he was visiting Cuba or the Company's headquarters in New York. Recipients of the letters include officers of the company, notably its manager and legal counsel; Van Horne's fellow directors and shareholders, including J.J. Hill, E.H. Harriman, W.C. Whitney, P.A.B. Widener, E.J. Clouston and R.B. Angus; Leonard Wood, the military governor of Cuba; suppliers, job seekers, prospective investors, officers of other Cuban railroads and officials of the Cuban government.

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Private

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MG29-A60
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Volume [MG29 A 60] 1--7

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