Banana trade

Content Description The Brownell Family Papets contain personal and business correspondence regarding business in Costa Rica, letters of Albert E. Brownell to various people, letters of Henry Brownell (Hamilton College class of 1843), and letters of various other members of the Brownell family. It also contains letters and financial documents from Minor Cooper Keith pertaining to his railroad and banana businesses. Researchers examining the papers will gain insight into the development of the railroad and fruit...