Box: 1 Fold: 1 Richards & McHarg Box: 1 Fold: 1.5 McHarg, John - Photo Box: 1 Fold: 2 Newspaper Clippings Box: 1 Fold: 3 Horace Porter to Henry McHarg Box: 1 Fold: 4 Detroit & Mackinac Railway: Annual Reports Box: 1 Fold: 5 Detroit & Mackinac Railway: Map Box: 1 Fold: 6 Detroit & Mackinac Railway: Time Tables Box: 1 Fold: 7 Detroit & Mackinac Railway: Photo Box: 1 Fold: 8 McHarg Family Genealogy Box: 2 Fold: 1 Water Pipe Box: 3 Fold: 1 Commission of John McHarg Box: 3 Fold: 2 Bank of the Manhattan Co.: Book Box: 3 Fold: 3 Bank of the Manhattan Co.: Broadside
7/12/1856
DESCRIPTION: 1 Autograph Document Signed dated 7/12/1856: a legal document regarding the company of Richards & McHarg. Mentions William H. Richards and John McHarg as business partners. The document is also signed by numerous individuals in accordance with the contract.
1813? - 1884?
DESCRIPTION: 1 color photograph of John McHarg (1813-1884). Approximately 3" x 4". In uniform.
1859? - 1865?
DESCRIPTION: Newspaper clippings dated 1859?-1865? found among the McHarg Family Papers: Part 2. Most relate to the Civil War. Includes article entitled, "Ambassador [Horace] Porter's Memories of the Surrender at Appomattox."
1/16/1916
DESCRIPTION: 1 Autograph Letter Signed dated 1/16/1916 from Horace Porter to his brother-in-law Henry K. McHarg, thanking him for sending a photograph. Photograph not retained. Letterhead lists the following return address for Porter: "217, Madison Avenue."
1922 - 1923
DESCRIPTION: 2 printed items: "Annual Report of the Detroit and Mackinac Railway Company For the Fiscal Year Ending December 31st, 1922" and "Annual Report of the Detroit and Mackinac Railway Company For the Fiscal Year Ending December 31st, 1923." Henry K. McHarg, of Stamford, Connecticut, is listed as President of the company, and he is listed on the Board of Directors. Henry K. McHarg, Jr., of East Tawas, Michigan, is listed as Vice-President, General Manager, and Board Member.
1928?
DESCRIPTION: 1 printed map: "Map of Detroit and Mackinac Railway." 1 page. Approximately 7" x 9.5".
4/22/1928
DESCRIPTION: Printed time tables for Detroit and Mackinac Raliway , dated 4/22/1928. 6 pages.
1920s?
DESCRIPTION: 1 undated photograph of a Detroit and Mackinac Railway Company locomotive #133. Circa 1920s.
1992
DESCRIPTION: 1 Typed Manuscript: "An account of the maternal ancestry of Henry K. McHarg, Jr., written by his daughter, Estherbelle Britton McHarg Mojo for her children and grandchildren and anyone else who might be interested. March 1, 1986. Finished in October 1992." 29 pages.
1800 - 1907
DESCRIPTION: Box 2 contains only 1 item: a segment of a wooden water pipe from an east coast American city, circa 1800. A label (part of which has fallen off) on the object suggests that this segment was part of a city's water works in 1800 and that it was dug up in 1907. The city may be Hartford, Connecticut or New York City. The diameter of the object is approximately 10 inches, and its height is approximately 3 inches. The diameter of its inner circle (through which the water passed) is approximately 2.5 inches.
8/7/1861
DESCRIPTION: 1 Partly Printed/ Partly Manuscript Document: a commission dated Washington, D.C. 8/7/1861 signed by President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Simon Cameron appointing John McHarg as Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers with the rank of Captain. The document suffers from fading and water damage, but Lincoln's and Cameron's signatures are clearly legible.
1919
DESCRIPTION: 1 book: "A Collection of Rare Autographs Commemorating the 120th Anniversary of the Bank of Manhattan Company, 1799-1919. A Collection of More than Four Hundred Autographs of Leading Citizens of New York at the Close of the Eighteenth Century. Reproduced in facsimile from the signatures of the Original Subscribers to the Capital Stock of the Manhattan Company as signed by them in the Original Subscription Book April 20 and 22, 1799." New York: Bank of Manhattan Company, 1919. This copy, Henry K. McHarg's personal copy, is no. 1 of 2000 copies.
4/11/1919
DESCRIPTION: 1 framed printed Broadside: "Bank of the Manhattan Company . . . Condensed Statement April 11, 1919 . . . [List of] Officers." Henry K. McHarg was a Director and Vice-President.
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