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Subseries 2. Correspondence, 1891-1900
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Scope and Content Notes: The correspondence subseries contains letterpress copybooks and incoming letters concerning the H.C. Frick Coke Company. The majority of the correspondence in the letterpress copybooks are letters to H.C. Frick Coke Company and some outgoing business letters written by Frick. However, Frick’s longtime secretary, Giles Bosworth, wrote some of these letters. The correspondence details daily business activities, including letters to various coal and coke companies, and company employees. However, major events, such as the 1891 mining accident and strike, are only briefly mentioned in the correspondence. Indexes with individual names and companies can be found in each volume. Also, the letterpress copybooks begin with Volume 3; this is according to the original numbers on each book. Volumes 1 and 2 were not part of the original collection accession and are absent from this series.
Also included are two letterpress copybooks for the South West Coal & Coke Company and the South West Connellsville Coke Company of which Frick was President. The South West Coal copybook includes outgoing business letters from Frick to Morris Ramsay, Superintendent at Morewood Mines in Mt. Pleasant, Pa., Jay C. Morse, President of Illinois Steel Company; Mr. H.A. Gray, Secretary of Illinois Steel Company; and the son of the late Morris Ramsay; and William Ramsay, General Superintendent at Morewood. The letters pertain to the H.C. Frick Coke Company’s business affairs, which include coal, coke, and some letters pertaining to strikes and riots. Later in 1892, the South West Coal & Coke Company was reorganized into the South West Connellsville Coke Company. However, letters from this new company are still located in the South West Coal copybook. The copybook labeled as the South West Connellsville contain letters dated from February 1897 to January 1898. Most of the letters are outgoing from Frick to various persons regarding the company business matters.
The majority of the incoming correspondence are from Thomas Lynch, Superintendent and later President of the H.C. Frick Coke Company. The letters concern the daily business activities of the H.C. Frick Coke Company and small portion of responding letters from Frick can be found in the letterpress copybooks. Major company events are not discussed in these letters between Lynch and Frick. The correspondence is arranged chronologically.
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Box 516
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Letterpress Copybook, 1199 pages, April 4, 1890-August 31, 1891
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Box 517
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Letterpress Copybook, 996 pages, August 31, 1891-June 10, 1893
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Letterpress Copybook, 502 pages, February 9, 1893-June 17, 1895
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Box 518
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Letterpress Copybook, 497 pages, June 18, 1895-September 17, 1896
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Letterpress Copybook, 276 of 498 pages, September 21, 1896-June 8, 1900
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Letterpress Copybook, 12 of 502 pages, September 21-23, 1896
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Box 519
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Southwest Coal & Coke Co. Letterpress Copybook, April 19, 1889-Feburary 5, 1897
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3 |
Southwest Connellsville Coke Co. Letterpress Copybook, February 8, 1897-January 11, 1898
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Correspondence, February 1872-June 1877
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Correspondence, August 1883-October 2, 1888
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Correspondence, January 10-31, 1889
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Correspondence, February 1889
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Correspondence, March 1889
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Correspondence, April 1-16, 1889
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Correspondence, May 16-June 29, 1889
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Correspondence, July 1889
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Correspondence, August 1889
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Correspondence, September 1889
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Correspondence, October 2-14, 1889
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Correspondence, October 16-30, 1889
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Correspondence, November 1-14, 1889
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Correspondence, November 16-29, 1889
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Correspondence, December 1889
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Correspondence, January 1890
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Correspondence, February 1890
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Correspondence, March 1890
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Correspondence, April 1890
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Correspondence, May 1890
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Correspondence, June 1890
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Correspondence, July 1890
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Correspondence, August 1890
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Correspondence, September 1890
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Correspondence, October-November 1890
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Correspondence, December 1890
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Correspondence, January 1891
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Correspondence, February 1891
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Correspondence, March 1891
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Correspondence, April 1891
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Correspondence, May 1891
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Correspondence, June 1891
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Correspondence, July 1891
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Correspondence, August-September 1891
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Correspondence, October-November 1891
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Correspondence, December 1891
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Correspondence, January 1892
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Correspondence, February 1892
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Correspondence, March 1892
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Correspondence, April 1892
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Correspondence, May 1892
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Correspondence, June 1892-September 1892
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Correspondence, October 1892
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Correspondence, November-December 1892
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Correspondence, November 1, 1894-June 22, 1895
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Correspondence, September 1895
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Correspondence, October 1895
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Correspondence, November 1895
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Correspondence, December 1895
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Correspondence, January-April 1896
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Correspondence, May-June 1896
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Correspondence, September 1896
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Correspondence, October-December 1896
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Correspondence, January-February 1897
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Correspondence, April-June 1897
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Correspondence, July 1897-June 1898
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Correspondence, March 1899-May 1, 1900
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