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    Ames-Mercantile

    Manuscripts

    Miscellaneous business correspondence and papers of Oliver Ames. The letters, chiefly addressed to Ames, deal with the sale of stock, railroad mergers, etc. Included are items relating to the Union Pacific Railroad; Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad; Union Pacific Railway Company; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company; New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad Company; and a brokerage firm Pickering & Mosely. The papers also deal with the estate of Oliver Ames and his father Oakes Ames. There is also correspondence by American financier Samuel Carr.

    mssHM 49276-49346

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    Oliver Ames business papers

    Manuscripts

    Miscellaneous business correspondence and papers of Oliver Ames. The letters, chiefly addressed to Ames, deal with the sale of stock, railroad mergers, etc. Included are items relating to the Union Pacific Railroad; Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad; Union Pacific Railway Company; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company; New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad Company; and a brokerage firm Pickering & Mosely. The papers also deal with the estate of Oliver Ames and his father Oakes Ames. There is also correspondence by American financier Samuel Carr.

    mssHM 49276-49346

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    Peramus Green Ames letter to Sarah Ann Ames

    Manuscripts

    In this letter to his wife, Peramus Green Ames regerts not being able to return home sooner. He promises to send money to keep her and their children comfortable, and promises to write twice a month. Dated December 12-28, 1852. Also included on the letter's final page is a note to Mrs. Ames from her sister, dated 1852, April 18.

    mssHM 16549