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Coal and Gas Trust Investigation Collection, 1870-1929

INVENTOR NAME: Unknown

REPOSITORY:
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History
Archives Center
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 601,
Constitution Ave., between 12th and 14th Sts., N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
202-633-3270http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/b-1.htm


PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
0.50 cubic feet; 2 boxes
SUMMARY:

The papers document an investigation by M.L. Webb, an attorney,  into possible trust violations by the coal and gas industry of New England, New Jersey, and Delaware in the late nineteenth century. Documents assembled by Webb include patents, stock records, photographs, correspondence, hand written notes, published materials, and investigation notebooks.

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SUBJECTS:  Industry & manufacturingMining & drilling
 
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