Box 1

Railroad machinery orders, business inquiries; Ross Winans activities early years of the Civil War

Business inquiries, financial dealings, sale of locomotive engines to B and O Railroad Company

Partnership agreement, indentures, articles of agreement, suits against B and O Railroad Company

Deeds, rental of property

Manufacturing accounts, insurance costs, employee wage payments, shippings and freight charges, hay sale receipts, City Passenger Railway Company receipts, statement of income, locomotive engine charges, merchant receipts, Cigar ship

Policies covering manufacturing works and equipment

Patent use permission, wholesale liquor sales, manufacturer license

Assorted mechanical designs, primarily for railroad machinery

Letters patent, U.S. Patent Office imprints detailing patents for railroad improvements

State taxes, real and property taxes