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    George Mortimer Pullman

    Birth: 3-3-1831

    Death: 10-19-1897

Biography

American railroad entrepreneur. Developed the first sleeping car named after him, the Pullman Car, which he introduced in 1864. Established the company-town of Pullman, Illinois in the 1880s. In a letter from Lazette Miller Worden to her nephew Augustus Seward, dated June 28, 1869, she describes a letter from Frederick Seward who is on a trip west in a "hotel car" provided by Mr. Pullman.

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American railroad entrepreneur. Developed the first sleeping car named after him, the Pullman Car, which he introduced in 1864. Established the company-town of Pullman, Illinois in the 1880s. In a letter from Lazette Miller Worden to her nephew Augustus Seward, dated June 28, 1869, she describes a letter from Frederick Seward who is on a trip west in a "hotel car" provided by Mr. Pullman.
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https://www.nps.gov/people/george-m-pullman.htm
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George M. Pullman - National Park Service
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https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-M-Pullman
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George M. Pullman - Encyclopaedia Britannica
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https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/george-pullman
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George Pullman - Lemelson, MIT
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