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J. F. Doty served the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway Company (part of the Rock Island system) under a variety of titles, including full agent, adjusting agent, and right of way agent. Doty was E. W. Cline's predecessor as representative of the railroads land and townsite interests in Kansas. This correspondence contains letters received by Doty and reflects his duties as right of way agent. The bulk of the material concerns his dealing with CK&N and KT&L Company land agents and the sale, rental, or lease of land and town lots along the CK&N right of way. A letterpress volume containing copies of letters sent by Doty is available on micofilm (box MS1033) at the Kansas Historical Society.
Date: 1888-1890
Item Number: 307374
Call Number: Kansas Town & Land Company Coll. #130, Box 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 307374
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Business and Industry - Railroad - Employees
Business and Industry - Railroad - Land sales
Collections - Manuscript - Kansas Town and Land Company
Community Life - Town development - Town companies
Date - 1880s - 1888
Date - 1880s - 1889
Date - 1890s - 1890
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Transportation - Railroads - Employees
Transportation - Railroads - Land sales
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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