Joel Parker Business Records and Estate Papers

Résumé du livre

Primarily consists of business records of land and stock holdings of Joel Parker, and those of other members of the Parker family. Extensive land holdings and land transactions are recorded in Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, New Hampshire, and Kansas. Businesses include the Chesterfield Land and Improvement Company, the Sullivan Railroad Company, the Dover Company, the Colorado Mining Exchange Building Company, and others. Records include receipts, deeds, stock certificates, financial records, and correspondence. There are extensive copies of letters and documents concerning the settling of Joel Parkers' estate, by his executors, Horatio G. Parker and Francis J. Parker.