- Table of Contents
- Collection Summary
- Administrative Information
- Access:
- Publication Rights:
- Collection
- Scope and Content
- Related Material
- Container List
Grand Trunk Railway Collection
Collection Summary
- Repository
- University of Vermont Libraries Special Collections Burlington, Vermont 05405-3596
- Creator
- Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada .
- Title
- Grand Trunk Railway Collection
- Dates [inclusive]
- 1862-1968
- Quantity
- One box
- Shelf location
- Special Collections, Bailey/Howe Library.
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- Materials in the collection deal with the lawsuit brought against the Grand Trunk Railway following a fire on June 17, 1862, in the village of Norton Mills.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] Grand Trunk Railway Collection, Special Collections, University of Vermont Library.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections © 1998
Access:
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights:
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Manuscripts.
Scope and Content
Materials in the collection deal with the lawsuit brought against the Grand Trunk Railway following a fire on June 17, 1862, in the village of Norton Mills. Claimants alleged the fire, which destroyed a saw-mill and damaged other properties, was started by sparks from the railway's engine. The Collection, arranged chronogically, contains legal papers, correspondence, and memoranda pertaining to the Grand Trunk Company's legal defense.
Related Materials
Related Material
The Dale Family Papers manuscript collection, including legal papers of George W. Dale, an attorney for the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada.
"Cleveland [sic] v. Grank Trunk Railway, Vermont Records, Vol. 42, pp. 449-462, for the decision of the jury trial in 1869.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada .
Genre(s)
- Legal documents
- Memorandums
- Correspondence
Geographic Name(s)
- Norton (Vt.)
Subject(s)
- Railroads--Vermont
Collection
The opening of the Grand Trunk Railway......