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A vvomans vvoorth, defended against all the men in the world. : Proouing them to be more perfect, excellent and absolute in all vertuous actions, then any man of what qualitie soeuer. Written by one that hath heard much, seene much, but knowes a great deale more
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"Informe Anual de la Compania del Ferrocarril Sud-Pacifico de Mexico, Para La Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Obras Publicas de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Por el A-o el 31 de Diciembre de " Bound annual report, 142 pp. long, mimeographed. Potentially VERY useful material. Lists all officers, both American and Mexican, and their cities of residence; all the stops along the line; salaries broken down by type of worker, and the number of workers in each position (carpenters, medical personnel, waiters, machinists, etc.); description, longitude and location of all major tunnels and other structures along the line; long lists of tariffs; a critically-useful list of all officials of the line and their titles; much more. All in Spanish
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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[unmarked, but in manila folder "State Bills and Acts, SPM 071-2."] About .25" linear. Appears to deal primarily with details of state-by-state appropriation acts. Hmm. Didn't realize states had the power to create their own appropriation legislation in Mexico. Two states detailed are Veracruz and Michoacan. Like so much of this collection, letters contain first or second-hand recollections of the attitudes and actions (or reactions) of key Mexican politicians to a wide range of events related to the railroad. One letter from E.B. Sloan to Titcomb (6/11/32) notes that "a son in law of Calles told me last night that the General had become very much incensed night before last on account of the passage of the [Appropriation] Law in the State of Veracruz, stating that he no more than got things calmed down and secured a partial restoration of confidence in the good intentions of the Mexican Government, when some of the radicals upset his program by means of foolish statements and the passing of Communistic Laws and that it is now time to find out who has the upper hand in political matters: General Calles and his associates, or the extreme radicals." 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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This item provides an answer to a question never addressed in the press at the time: why did Obregón suddenly cancel his appearance at the opening ceremonies of the line in -It was because a carload of troops escorting a passenger train in Jalisco state had been massacred, and it was felt by the SP and SPM that the luminaries gathered for an SPM celebration would be potential targets as well. "Persons who do this would probably consider it much more effective to massacre the kind of party proposed to be gathered at Salsipuedes viaduct [the planned ceremony location]," notes William Sproule in a letter shortly after the event. "The occasion is not of sufficient importance to have a large number of them risk their lives," concurs H.W. de Forest. Many useful items herein, such as a record of actions by the Executive Committee of the SPM in terms of negotiations with Mexican government. (1921-26). This is a VERY useful summary, dated 3/18/26. (Trivia Dept.: Includes most detailed estimate I've seen yet of the length of the final Tepic-La Quemada leg: 102.816 miles! That's accuracy within four feet! Earlier estimates said 102.79; others I've seen round it down to 102, and most recent published SP history by Don L. Hofsommer actually puts it at 90 miles, for some reason.) Also includes half-broadsheet-sized article on SPM that appeared in the Kansas City Star on Jan. 11, 1925, Section C[?], p. 1. Obregon appears to have had the best relations with SPM. Envelope at end contains large number of mounted news clippings
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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