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[SAMMELBAND OF EIGHT PRINTED PAMPHLETS AND ONE MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT RELATED TO THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW YORK AND ERIE RAILROAD]. A sammelband of eight scarce and early pamphlets and one manuscript related to the establishment and early stages of the New York and Erie Rail Road. The company was chartered in 1832, and construction on the main line from Piermont, New York, to Dunkirk, Michigan finally began in 1836. Despite decades of financial troubles, including a costly and complicated struggle between Cornelius Vanderbilt and Jay Gould over shares (during which Boss Tweed was made a director), the main line remained in operation until 1960, and later extensions remain in service today. The documents collected in this volume record the early legal and financial history of the company, and are as follows:1) CHARTER OF THE NEW-YORK AND ERIE RAIL-ROAD COMPANY, AND LIST OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. New-York: George P. Scott and Co., 1835. 18,[1]pp. Includes a list of officers and directors of the line, the Act to incorporate the railroad, and a one-page "Act further to amend the Act to incorporate the New-York and Erie Rail-Road Company, passed April 24, 1832. Passed May 8, 1835," not originally issued with the charter. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 33350. OCLC 191247249 (9 copies).2) AN ACT FURTHER TO AMEND THE ACT TO INCORPORATE THE NEW YORK AND ERIE RAIL ROAD COMPANY PASSED APRIL 24th 1832. PASSED MAY 11th 1836 [manuscript caption title]. [2]pp. manuscript on lined paper. Adds a provision t

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