Summary Information

Title: John Henry Hammond Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1864-1893

Creator:

• Hammond, John Henry, 1833-1890

Call Number: Superior Mss R

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the Area Research Center, Jim Dan Hill Library, University of Wisconsin-Superior; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Superior Jim Dan Hill Library / Superior Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Business papers, mainly 1880-1893, of a Civil War general, railroad organizer, and founder of West Superior, Wisconsin. Included are letters, notes, minutes, by-laws, prospectuses, plat maps, articles of incorporation, title abstracts, deeds and other records of real estate transactions documenting Hammond's activities as founding member and manager of the Land and River Improvement Company, a land development company incorporated in 1883; and the Superior Terminal and Transfer Railway Company, chartered in 1882. A few fragmentary records reflect Hammond's involvement in several other railroads including the Northern Pacific; Chillicothe and Brunswick; and the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic which he formed in 1888. Half the papers concern the administration of John H. Hammond's estate. These consist primarily of letters, contracts, and rent statements, 1890-1893, received by his son Ogden and H. Knox Taylor, who managed the estate's extensive property holdings and controlled other development and construction projects in West Superior. The collection also contains a small amount of personal material including a short autobiography, an account book (1864-1874), obituaries, and a group portrait depicting Hammond as a general on W.T. Sherman's staff.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-sup000r

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