Union Cattle Company Records, 1886-1892

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Title:: Union Cattle Company records
Dates:: 1886-1892
Creators:: Union Cattle Company and Higginson, Henry Lee (1834-1919)
Abstract:: Correspondence between investment banker Henry Lee Higginson and officers of the Union Cattle Company of Cheyenne, Wyoming, concerning mutual investments and the cattle industry.
Extent:: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Language:: Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item]. Union Cattle Company records, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Scope and content:: Nineteen letters primarily from Frank Sturgis and Thomas Sturgis to Henry Lee Higginson, discussing their mutual investments. Letters detail the financial aspects of the Union Cattle Company, challenges for the range cattle industry such as harsh weather conditions and a depressed market, and the formation of the American Cattle Trust. A few letters were written by Union Cattle Company receiver Frederick Voorhees, who informs Higginson of a fire at the company's feeding plant. Also included are undated financial documents and a printed copy of an 1887 shareholders report by Thomas Sturgis.
Biographical / historical:: Brothers Thomas and Frank Sturgis were New York investors. Thomas and another brother, William Sturgis, moved from New York to Wyoming in 1873, and founded the Northwestern Cattle Company, later the Union Cattle Company. Henry Lee Higginson was a prominent Boston businessman and investment banker working with Boston firm Lee, Higginson & Co.
Acquisition information:: Purchased from McBride Rare Books, March 2021.
Processing information:: Processed by Kelly Kress in March 2022.
Arrangement:: Arranged chronologically.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Cattle -- Economic aspects -- West (U.S.)
Cattle trade -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
Cattle trade -- Wyoming
Business letters -- 19th century
Financial records -– 19th century
Places:: Wyoming -- History -- 19th century

Collection Guide Author:: Kelly Kress
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-04-04 14:03:19 -0700 .

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Preferred citation:: [Identification of item]. Union Cattle Company records, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:: Huntington Library, Manuscript Collections

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