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Henry Buist papers

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Title:
  • Henry Buist papers
Date:
  • 1868
  • 1871
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  • 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.

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  • 2 items
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Henry Buist papers
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  • RL.30367
  • duke:549389
  • secst0362
  • ark:/87924/r4br8qm11
  • c0ac5ea1-43e4-4030-9f78-375f690db6c7
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