Henry Buist papers
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- Title:
- Henry Buist papers
- Date:
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- 1868
- 1871
- Creator:
- Buist, Henry, active 1868-1871
- Description:
- Buist's appointment, signed by Governor Robert Kingston Scott, 1869, to a Memphis commercial convention concerning trade with Europe through south Atlantic seaports and the need for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean; and a letter, 1871, to General Rush C. Hawkins from Buist concerning a lawsuit arising out of Civil War blockade running. A clipping from an unidentified source is attached to the 1871 letter. The clipping describes the circumstances of the lawsuit, mentioning the Consolidated Steamship Company, Henry Hart, and Theodore D. Jervey.
- Location:
- United States
- Subject:
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- Railroads -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Buist, Henry, active 1868-1871
- Hart, Henry
- Hawkins, Rush C. (Rush Christopher), 1831-1920
- Jervey, Theodore D. (Theodore Dehon), 1859-
- Scott, Robert Kingston, 1826-1900
- Consolidated Steamship Company
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Blockades
- United States -- Commerce -- Europe -- Congresses
- Format:
- clippings (information artifacts)
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 2 items
- Digital Collection:
- Henry Buist papers
- Catalog Record:
- https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE003489455
- Rights:
- Copyright Undetermined
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- Duke has not determined the copyright status of this item. Regardless of its status, we have made a good faith determination that online access through the Duke Digital Repository is an acceptable fair use and otherwise permitted under U.S. copyright law. For more information, see our page on copyright and citations: https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/research/citations-and-permissions.
- Identifier:
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- RL.30367
- 003489455
- duke:549389
- secst0362
- ark:/87924/r4br8qm11
- c0ac5ea1-43e4-4030-9f78-375f690db6c7
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- https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4br8qm11
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