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This letter book contains Samuel Raisbeck's professional correspondence between the years 1858 and 1863, during his time as a broker on Wall Street in New York City.

This volume contains Samuel Raisbeck's outgoing professional correspondence between 1858 and 1883, primarily written while he was a broker on Wall Street, New York City.

The bulk of the letters (February 4, 1858-March 1863) reflect Raisbeck's financial interests and include a significant number of letters to business partners in Ohio and Indiana, and to contacts in Great Britain and France. His letters to Joseph Young of Piqua, Ohio, pertain to the Columbus, Piqua, and Indiana Rail Road Company, for which Raisbeck purchased land. He also discussed the construction of a gasworks in Tarrytown, New York, and other financial ventures. Raisbeck occasionally commented on political issues, the Confederacy, and the anticipated outcome of the Civil War. Additional letters are dated 1864, 1866, and 1883. The volume contains an index.