Robbins, James.
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Matthew T. Scott papers
Collection — Box 12: [Barcode: 31924064937349]
Identifier: 330
Abstract
A collection of business documents relating to the establishment and development of a 55,000-acre frontier estate in Illinois and a 5,000-acre estate in Iowa, by Matthew T. Scott, Jr., of Lexington, Kentucky, the Scott family and other partners. Notebooks and papers dating from 1852 describe purchases, acquisitions and sales of land and the development costs and crop yields of frontier farms.
Dates:
1831-1930.