Finding aid for the Ohio Rail Road Company Records
Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Ohio Rail Road Company
Title: Ohio Rail Road Company Records
Dates: 1836-1842
Extent: 0.40 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: The Ohio Rail Road Company organized in Painesville, Ohio, with financial offices in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of a list of subscribers to capital stock and records relating to the purchase of and payment for stock, and to financial disbursements.
MS Number MS 0451
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Ohio Rail Road Company Records, 1836-1842, consist of a list of subscribers to capital stock and records relating to the purchase of and payment for stock, and to financial disbursements.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of the railroad in Ohio, and the Ohio Rail Road Company in the 1830s and the 1840s. The subscribers lists might be useful to genealogists.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically. It is maintained in three volumes.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Ohio Rail Road Company.
Railroad companies -- Ohio.
Railroads -- Ohio -- Finance.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 451 Ohio Rail Road Company Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of G. A. Hyde, 1897.

Detailed Description of The Collection

Ohio Rail Road Company Records 1836-1842

Box Folder
1 1 Articles of incorporation and lists of subscribers to capital stock 1836-1838
1 2 List of subscribers to the capital stock 1836-1842
1 3 Disbursements 1840-1841