J. F. Doty served the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway Company (part of the Rock Island system) under a variety of titles, including full agent, adjusting agent, and right of way agent. Doty was E. W. Cline's predecessor as representative of the railroads land and townsite interests in Kansas. This correspondence contains letters received by Doty and reflects his duties as right of way agent. The bulk of the material concerns his dealing with CK&N and KT&L Company land agents and the sale, rental, or lease of land and town lots along the CK&N right of way. A letterpress volume containing copies of letters sent by Doty is available on micofilm (box MS1033) at the Kansas Historical Society.
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