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Russell, Majors and Waddell records

Description

A collection of 508 items from 1838 to 1903, it consists of the business and legal records of Russell, Majors and Waddell. It includes material about freighting operations, the mercantile business, land transactions in Kansas and Missouri, and the Pony Express. The company also hauled supplies for the U.S. Army during the 1857 to 1858 Utah Expedition (Utah War). The material consists of business papers, documents, correspondence (both business and personal), bills, receipts and ephemera. Persons represented in the collection include: Robert B. Bradford, Charles Byers, Alexander Majors, William Hepburn Russell, John W. Waddell, Robert Fielding Waddell, and William Bradford Waddell.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1838-1903
Call number
mssRW
Creator
Russell, Majors and Waddell(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from Mrs. W.B. Waddell, June 1946.
Associated people
Bradford, Robert B. (active 1858-1860.)
Byers, Charles, (1814-1900.)
Majors, Alexander, (1812-1872.)
Russell, William Hepburn, (active 1858-1860.)
Waddell, John W., (1807-1872.)
Waddell, Robert Fielding.
Waddell, W. B.
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