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1Title:  John Franklin Rust Papers     
 Creator:  Rust, John Franklin 
 Dates:  1849-1888 
 Abstract:  John Franklin Rust (1835-1899) was businessman, of Saginaw, Michigan, and Cleveland, Ohio. Rust's lumber firm in Cleveland was known as Rust, King & Company and later became Rust, King & Clint. The collection consists of correspondence, commercial and legal documents, and other papers, relating to Rust's activities in the lumber and shipping businesses on the Great Lakes and to the activities of the companies with which he was associated. Includes invoices, receipts, trip accounts for lake vessels, tax records, insurance policies, agreements, deeds, contracts, bills of sale, mortgages, patents, redemption certificates, wills, land plots, township and range charts, circulars, and financial and statistical data. The bulk of the collection consists of accounts of the many trips made by the companies' vessels and receipts and disbursements (1866-1884) for each vessel. 
 Call #:  MS 2710 
 Extent:  11.30 linear feet (25 containers) 
 Subjects:  Rust, John Franklin, 1835-1899. | Lumber trade -- United States. | Inland water transportation -- United States. | Inland waterway vessels -- United States. | Shipping -- United States.
 
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