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| 100 | 1 |aTrain, George Francis,|d1829-1904. |
| 245 | 00|aGeorge Francis Train collection,|fca. 1854-1904. |
| 300 | |a1 box (.1 linear ft.) |
| 351 | |aOrganized in three series: I. Correspondence and manuscript ephemera; II. Photographs and passport; and III. Printed material. |
| 545 | |aGeorge Francis Train (1829-1904) was a Civil War reporter; made his fortune in shipping, railroads, and real estate; ran for president of the U.S. as an independent candidate in 1872; was instrumental in creation of the Union Pacific Railroad, the first European tramway, and Credit Mobilier of America; was an anti-aristocracy and anti-Confederacy orator; circumnavigated the globe four times; and was a writer and popular eccentric. |
| 545 | |aBorn in Boston in 1829, Train moved with his family to New Orleans shortly thereafter. When he was four, his immediate family died of yellow fever, and he was returned to his grandmother in New England. He became a successful merchant and shipping magnate and opened his own business in Australia. He helped finance clipper ships to California in 1849 and introduced street railways into London and other European capitals. In 1872 he ran as an independent candidate for president against Republican Ulysses S. Grant and Democrat Horace Greeley, making numerous campaign speeches throughout the country. |
| 520 | |aIncludes cartes-de-visite (card photographs) and cabinet photographs, almost all of Train; cards autographed by Train, many with epigrams; correspondence; Train's passport; and miscellaneous print and clippings. |
| 546 | |aIn English. |
| 524 | |aGeorge Francis Train collection, ca. 1854-1904 (MS Am 2763). Houghton Library, Harvard University. |
| 555 | |aElectronic finding aid available|uhttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou02401 |
| 650 | 0|aPresidents|zUnited States|xElection|y1872. |
| 650 | 0|aEccentrics and eccentricities|zUnited States|y19th century. |
| 650 | 0|aStreet-railroads|zEngland|zLondon. |
| 655 | 7|aCabinet photographs.|2aat |
| 655 | 7|aCartes-de-visite (card photographs)|2aat |
| 655 | 7|aPassports.|2aat |
| 600 | 10|aTrain, George Francis,|d1829-1904. |
| 506 | 0 |aOpen for research. |
| 541 | 0 |cPurchase;|aThe Rail Splitter;|bP.O. Box 275, Roosevelt Island, New York, NY 10044;|d2011 October 11;|e2011M-46;|h$40000.00 ($20000.00 - Margaret F. Cowett Book Fund ; $10000.00 - Bayard Livingston Kilgour and Kate Gray Kilgour Fund ; $10000.00 - Louis J. Appell Jr. Fund for Early American Literature and History).|5hou |
| 561 | 1 |aPurchased with funds from the Margaret F. Cowett Book Fund, Bayard Livingston Kilgour and Kate Gray Kilgour Fund, and Louis J. Appell Jr. Fund for Early American Literature and History, 2011.|5hou |
| 852 | 8 |bHOU|cB|hMS Am 2763 |