Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad Company records
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Scope and Content
The records, consisting of correspondence, Provisional Committee and Corporators' meeting minutes, committee reports, clippings, documents, and printed pamphlets and broadsides, focus on the establishment, routing, and construction of the railroad. The correspondents include some of Maine's most prominent citizens and interested parties in Montreal and Sherbrooke, Quebec; London, England; and Boston. Although notables such as Charles E. Barrett, James Deering, Neal Dow, Samuel Fessenden, Hannibal Hamlin, John A. Poor, Francis O.J. Smith, and Ashur Ware are represented, the bulk of the correspondence (20 or more letters each) is among E.F. Beal, Sir Alexander T. Galt, Josiah S. Little, John Neal, William Pitt Preble, and Reuel Williams.
Dates
- Creation: 1844 - 1894
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1844 - 1854
Creator
- Atlantic and St Lawrence Rail Road Co (Organization)
Biographical/Historical Note
The Atlantic & St. Lawrence Rail Road, the first line built from Portland, Maine, to Montreal, Quebec, was established to carry traffic from the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence waterway to an Atlantic port. Chartered in February 1845, ground was broken in July of the following year; the last segment of the line was finally opened in July 1853. Leased by the Grand Trunk Railway, the Atlantic & St. Lawrence became part of the Canadian National system. Its corporate name was dissolved in 1959.
Extent
2 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records including correspondence, Provisional Committee and Corporators' meeting minutes, committee reports, clippings, documents, and printed pamphlets and broadsides, focus on the establishment, routing, and construction of the railroad.
Subject
- Beale, Edward Fitzgerald, 1822-1893 -- Correspondence. (Person)
- Galt, A. T. (Alexander Tilloch), 1817-1893 -- Correspondence. (Person)
- Little, Josiah S. -- Correspondence (Person)
- Neal, John -- Correspondence. (Person)
- Preble, William P. (William Pitt), 1783-1857 -- Correspondence. (Person)
- Atlantic and St Lawrence Rail Road Co -- Archives. (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad Company Records
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository