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History of the express business : including the origin of the railway system in America, and the relation of both to the increase of new settlements and the prosperity of cities in the United States
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Express office hand-book and directory, for the use of 1,200 express agents and their customers : being the history of the express business and the earlier rail-road enterprises in the United States, together with some reminiscences of the old mail coaches and baggage wagons
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"Indebtedness of the National Railways of Mexico." File No. 081 N Ry M, Part 3. From (~1"). More of same. Includes useful, detailed statement showing the status of SPM accounts with NRM, including specifics of both debits and credits between the lines. Also includes this info for other lines and companies, such as the Texas & New Orleans Railroad Co., Pacific Electric Railway Co., Pacific Fruit Express Company (owed one of the largest amounts in 1940: $136,000). SP parent company, etc
Manuscripts
These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.
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