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Subseries: Unbound correspondenceUnbound correspondence is subdivided into domestic and foreign files, with the domestic portion further subdivided into agency files and general files. The agency files are then arranged alphabetically by office name, with the majority of the files pertaining to central branches. For New York City, there are separate files on the City Agency, the County Agency, the Art Department of the City Agency, and the Manufacturers' Agency. In addition, this section contains correspondence from the Elizabethport and South Bend factories. (The latter also contains some material concerning the establishment of a factory at Cairo, Illinois.) For each agency the files document only the period from the 1880s to the early 1900s. In general, the correspondence of the 1880s deals with policy, while the later files concern more routine matters. (Weeded from the files were very routine correspondence concerning accounting, problems with individual machines, personnel matters, legal transfers, and office rentals; however, correspondence concerning personnel problems, general trade conditions, occasional labor difficulties, charitable contributions, salary increases, district boundary changes, sales statistics, local legal matters in which the company was involved, and legislation has been retained.) Unfortunately, material forwarded to the New York office (such as subagencies correspondence and reports) are generally not included. Taken as a whole, however, these files provide an excellent source for examining the domestic business climate in which Singer operated during the later part of the 19th century and the manner in which policy and fiscal information flowed within the corporate structure.
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Domestic : The unbound general domestic correspondence is arranged chronologically, and it covers the period 1851 to 1915 although the majority of the files cover the period from the late 1880s to the late 1890s. Although there is some overlap with other incoming correspondence elsewhere in the collection, the majority of these letters come from people who are not employees of the Singer Company.
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U.S. Mss AI
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Agencies
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Box
8
Folder
1
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Albany, 1875-1888, 1895, 1897
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Box
8
Folder
2-5
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Atlanta, 1875-1889, 1895, 1903-1904
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Baltimore
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Box
8
Folder
6
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1851-1852, Office Account
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Box
8
Folder
7-8
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1875-1889, 1890, 1892
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Box
9
Folder
1-6
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1891-1898
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Boston
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Box
9
Folder
7-8
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1876, 1879-1885
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Box
10
Folder
1-5
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1886-1895
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Box
11
Folder
1-8
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1898-1904
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Box
12
Folder
1-5
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Brooklyn, 1885-1894, 1896-1900
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Box
12
Folder
6
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Cairo, 1882, 1886-1887
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Chicago
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Box
12
Folder
7
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1867-1872, Property
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Box
12
Folder
8-10
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1875-1886
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Box
13
Folder
1-7
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1887-1890
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Box
14
Folder
1-3
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1891-1892, III
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Box
15
Folder
1-7
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1892, IV-1894, III
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Box
16
Folder
1-7
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1895-1896, II
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Box
17
Folder
1-4
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1896, III-VI
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Box
17
Folder
5-7
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1897, I-III
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Box
18
Folder
1-2
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1897, IV-V
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Box
18
Folder
3-8
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1898-1899
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Box
19
Folder
1-5
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1900-1904
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Cincinnati
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Box
19
Folder
6-8
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1875-1892
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Box
20
Folder
1-8
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1893-1896
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Box
21
Folder
1-6
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1897-1901
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Box
21
Folder
7
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Dallas, 1886-1896
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Denver
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Box
21
Folder
8
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1880-1888
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Box
22
Folder
1-8
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1889-1894
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Box
23
Folder
1-7
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1895-1898, I
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Box
24
Folder
1
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1898, II
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Box
24
Folder
2-4
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1899-1901
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Box
24
Folder
5
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Detroit, 1876-1888, 1894
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Elizabethport
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Box
24
Folder
6-8
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1874, 1879-1885, Minutes
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Box
25
Folder
1-7
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1885-1892, I
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Box
26
Folder
1
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1892, II
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Box
26
Folder
2-7
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1893-1895
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Box
27
Folder
1-7
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1896-1897, I
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Box
28
Folder
1-4
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1897, II
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Box
28
Folder
5-6
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1898, I-II
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Box
29
Folder
1-3
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1898, III-V
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Box
29
Folder
4-7
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1899, I-IV
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Box
30
Folder
1-2
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1899, V-VI
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Box
30
Folder
3-6
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1900-1904
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Box
30
Folder
7
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Galveston, 1874-1896
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Box
30
Folder
8-9
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Houston, 1873
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Indianapolis
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Box
31
Folder
1-7
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1875-1897
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Box
32
Folder
1-4
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1898-1901
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Box
32
Folder
5
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Little Rock, 1880-1891
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Box
32
Folder
6
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Memphis, 1876
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Milwaukee
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Box
32
Folder
7-11
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1875-1892
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Box
33
Folder
1-7
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1893-1898, I
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Box
34
Folder
1
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1898, II
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Box
34
Folder
2-5
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1899-1901
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Box
34
Folder
6
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Nashville, 1879-1890, 1895
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Box
34
Folder
7
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New Haven, 1880-1888
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New Orleans
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Box
34
Folder
8
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1875-1887
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Box
35
Folder
1-8
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1888-1892, II
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Box
36
Folder
1-7
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1892, III-1896, I
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Box
37
Folder
1-8
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1896, II-1904
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New York City
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Box
38
Folder
1-9
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1884-1901
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Box
39
Folder
1-2
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1890-1895, Art Department
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Box
39
Folder
3
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1895-1896, Weekly Lease Reports
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Box
39
Folder
4-7
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1890-1901, Manufacturers Agency
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New York Country
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Box
40
Folder
1-7
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1888-1899, I
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Box
41
Folder
1-2
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1899, II-1900
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Box
41
Folder
3
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Newark, 1876
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Box
41
Folder
4
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Newburgh, 1880-1897
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Box
41
Folder
5
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Oakland, 1890
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Philadelphia
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Box
41
Folder
6-9
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1874-1892
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Box
42
Folder
1-8
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1893-1898, I
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Box
43
Folder
1-2
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1898, II-1904
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Pittsburgh
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Box
43
Folder
3-9
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1879-1892
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Box
44
Folder
1-9
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1893-1899
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Box
45
Folder
1
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1904
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Box
45
Folder
2
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Providence, 1883-1897
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Richmond
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Box
45
Folder
3-9
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1879-1891, I
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Box
46
Folder
1-7
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1891, II-1895, I
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Box
47
Folder
1-8
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1895, II-1896 III
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Box
48
Folder
1-8
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1896, IV-1898
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Box
49
Folder
1-8
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1899-1904
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Rochester
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Box
49
Folder
9
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1880-1885
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Box
50
Folder
1-8
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1886-1896, I
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Box
51
Folder
1-5
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1896, II-1898
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Box
51
Folder
6-7
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1895-1897, One Dollar Weekly Lease
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St. Louis Reports
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Box
52
Folder
1-6
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1875-1892, I
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Box
53
Folder
1-7
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1892, II-1896, II
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Box
54
Folder
1-7
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1896, III-1900
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Box
55
Folder
1
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1901
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Box
55
Folder
2-3
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San Antonio, 1882-1897
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San Francisco
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Box
55
Folder
4-8
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1880-1891
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Box
56
Folder
1-7
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1892-1896
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Box
57
Folder
1-4
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1898-1905
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South Bend
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Box
57
Folder
5-7
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1881-1890
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Box
58
Folder
1-5
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1891-1912
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Box
58
Folder
6
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Syracuse, 1889
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Box
58
Folder
7
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Utica, 1880-1889
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Box
58
Folder
8
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Washington, D.C., 1881-1895
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Miscellaneous subagents' correspondence
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Box
58
Folder
9-11
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1873-1887
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Box
59
Folder
1-3
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1888-1900
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General Files
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Box
59
Folder
4-5
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1851-1869
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Box
60
Folder
1-7
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1870-1880
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Box
61
Folder
1-7
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1881-1883
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Box
62
Folder
1-7
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1884-1885
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Box
63
Folder
1-7
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1886
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Box
64
Folder
1-8
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1887-1888, III
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Box
65
Folder
1-6
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1888, IV-1890, II
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Box
66
Folder
1-6
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1890, III-1891
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Box
67
Folder
1-5
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1892
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Box
68
Folder
1-5
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1893
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Box
69
Folder
1-5
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1894, I-III
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Box
70
Folder
1-6
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1894, IV-1895
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Box
71
Folder
1-6
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1895-1897, I
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Box
72
Folder
1-6
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1897, II-1898
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Box
73
Folder
1-6
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1899-1903
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Box
74
Folder
1
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1904
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Box
74
Folder
2-6
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1904 World's Fair
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Box
75
Folder
1-2
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1904 World's Fair, continued
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Box
75
Folder
3
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1905-1914
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Box
75
Folder
4
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Undated
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Foreign Correspondence : The unbound foreign correspondence is arranged alphabetically by country or city. These files contain not only letters from employees but also letters from a few individuals who were not Singer employees who happened to reside in the country in question. Also included is some correspondence to or from Singer executives while visiting abroad. The files vary considerably in extent and completeness, but they generally represent the far-flung Singer empire. Correspondence is often more interesting during the earlier years when the nature of overseas relationships were being developed. By the 1890s the files include many more routine matters, although the most routine of the letters (generally those containing information eventually posted in the financial records) have been weeded. The most extensively documented foreign agencies include Australia, Canada, Hamburg, Germany, Scotland, London, Russia, and Spain. There is some overlap between this section and the type of material within the foreign files in the LEGAL RECORDS.
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Box
76
Folder
1
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Amsterdam, 1882-1892
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Box
76
Folder
2-5
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Argentina, 1879-1908
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Australia
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Box
76
Folder
6-10
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1880-1883
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Box
77
Folder
1-7
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1884-1886
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Box
78
Folder
1-6
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1887-1894, II
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Box
79
Folder
1-9
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1894, III-1909
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Belgium
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Box
79
Folder
10
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1881-1891
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Box
80
Folder
1-2
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, 1892-1898 (and monthly reports)
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Box
80
Folder
3
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1899-1909
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Brazil
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Box
80
Folder
4-6
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1883-1892
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Box
80
Folder
7
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Letterbook pages, circa 1892-1893
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Box
80
Folder
8
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1893
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Canada
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Box
80
Folder
9
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1864-1881
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Box
81
Folder
1-8
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1882-1888
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Box
82
Folder
1
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, 1888 Notes
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Box
82
Folder
2-14
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, 1889-1900 (and circular letters)
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Box
82
Folder
15
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1901-1904
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Box
82
Folder
16
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Chile, 1880-1886, 1904
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Box
82
Folder
17
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China (and Japan), 1884-1888
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Box
82
Folder
18
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Columbia, 1879-1888
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Box
83
Folder
1
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Cuba, 1863, 1880-1892
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Box
83
Folder
2
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Ecuador, 1879-1883
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Box
83
Folder
3
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Egypt, 1882-1898
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Box
83
Folder
4-10
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Geneva, 1880-1909
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Hamburg, Germany
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Box
83
Folder
11
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1874-1877
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Box
84
Folder
1-9
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1880-1892
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Box
85
Folder
1-9
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1893-1895
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Box
86
Folder
1-4
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1896
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Box
86
Folder
5
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1896, Correspondence extracts
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Box
87
Folder
1-7
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1897-1899
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Box
88
Folder
1-6
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1900-1909
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Box
88
Folder
7
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Sample forms
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India
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Box
88
Folder
8
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1881-1883
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Box
89
Folder
1-7
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1887-1909
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Box
89
Folder
8
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Dealers catalogues
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Box
90
Folder
1
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Ireland, 1880-1897
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Box
90
Folder
2-9
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Italy, 1860-1904
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Kilbowie (and Glasgow)
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Box
90
Folder
10-11
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1868-1880
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Box
91
Folder
1-3
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1881-1883
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Box
91
Folder
4-7
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1884-1887
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Box
92
Folder
1-9
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1888-1899
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Box
93
Folder
1
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Extracts, 1899
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Box
93
Folder
2-3
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1900
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Box
93
Folder
4
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List of cabinet work, 1900
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Box
93
Folder
5-6
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1901
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Box
93
Folder
7
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1902-1915
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Box
93
Folder
8
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Strike clippings, 1909
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London
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Correspondence and reports
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Box
93
Folder
9-10
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1870-1880
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Box
94
Folder
1-6
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1881-1883, II
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Box
95
Folder
1-7
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1883, III-1885
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Box
95
Folder
8
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, 1885 Financial reports
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Box
96
Folder
1-3
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1886-1888
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Box
97
Folder
1-7
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1889-1891
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Box
98
Folder
1-8
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1892-1894, II
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Box
99
Folder
1-8
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1894, III-1896, II
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Box
100
Folder
1-10
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1896, III-1898, II
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Box
101
Folder
1
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1898, III
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Box
101
Folder
2
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, 1898 Form lb
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Box
101
Folder
3-6
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1899
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Box
101
Folder
7
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1899, Form lb
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Box
101
Folder
8-13
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1900-1911
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Box
102
Folder
1-3
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1900-1902, Form lb
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Box
102
Folder
4-9
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Minutes, London Managing Committee, 1882-1887
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Box
103
Folder
1-4
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Sample forms
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Box
198
Folder
2
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Lists of branches in Great Britain and Ireland
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Mexico
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Box
103
Folder
5-9
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1879-1895
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Box
104
Folder
1
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1896-1904
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Box
104
Folder
2
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Para, 1881-1893
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Paris
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Box
104
Folder
3-9
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1854-1890
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Box
105
Folder
1-5
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1891-1905
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Box
105
Folder
6
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Philippines, 1887
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Russia (See also Hamburg)
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Box
105
Folder
7-9
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1897-1907
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Box
106
Folder
1-2
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1908-1913, undated
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Box
106
Folder
3
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South Africa, 1882-1905
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Spain
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Box
106
Folder
4-5
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1879-1891
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Box
106
Folder
6
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, 1895 Agent information forms
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Box
106
Folder
7
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1898-1909
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Box
106
Folder
8
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Venezuela, 1883-1894
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Box
107
Folder
1-2
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Miscellaneous foreign correspondence
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Box
107
Folder
3
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Miscellaneous statistics for foreign activities
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