Letter from Brayton C. Ives to the Board of Directors of Northern Pacific
Subject(s): Abbot, Edwin Hale, 1834-1927, Capitalists and financiers, Colby, Charles L. (Charles Lewis), 1839-1896, Edison Electric Company, Harris, Robert, 1830-1894, Hoyt, Colgate, Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Oregon and Transcontinental Company, Oregon Improvement Company, Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, Villard, Henry, 1835-1900, Wisconsin Central Railroad Company (1871-1899)
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Brayton C. Ives takes the Northern Pacific Board to task for their laudatory remarks about Henry Villard on acceptance of his resignation as chairman of the board. Ives details the financial decline of the companies under Villard’s control. Ives would become president of Northern Pacific later that year.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1893-08-03
Creator(s)
Recipient
Board of Directors, Northern Pacific Railway
Language
English
Period
Civil Service Commissioner (1889-April 1895)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
7
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Brayton C. Ives to the Board of Directors of Northern Pacific. [August 3, 1893]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o25604. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Ives, Brayton C., 1840-1914. Letter from Brayton C. Ives to the Board of Directors of Northern Pacific. [3 Aug. 1893]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o25604.
APA:
Ives, Brayton C., 1840-1914., [1893, August 3]. Letter from Brayton C. Ives to the Board of Directors of Northern Pacific.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o25604.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
