Boston & Maine Railroad Malden Station records
Overview
The Boston & Maine Railroad Malden Station records, spanning the years 1857 to 1856, contain account books of ticket and freight agents at Massachusetts railroad station.
Dates
- Creation: 1857-1865
Creator
- Boston and Maine Railroad (Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials stored offsite; access requires advance notice. Please contact specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu for more information on access procedures and reproduction services.
Extent
0.50 linear feet (2 volumes)The collection consists of two volumes of account books. Volume 1, kept by the Malden ticket seller from 1857-1865, contains amounts of cash received for the sale of tickets in Malden on a weekly basis. Volume 2, kept by the Malden freight agent from 1859-1864, includes amount of cash received as well as notations as to which railroad was used. Pasted on the front cover of Volume 2 is a printed circular from the Boston and Maine Railroad Superintendent’s Office, May 1, 1865. It describes the method of transferring cash from ticket sellers and freight agents to A. Blanchard, Jr., Esq., Treasurer, located in Boston.
Biographical / Historical
The Boston & Maine Railroad was an amalgamation of small branch lines, consolidated in 1841. The first of its branch lines obtained a charter in 1833 to run a railroad in Massachusetts from Andover to Wilmington. The line was extended to Haverhill in 1835, and by 1837, it ran to the New Hampshire state line. This same line expanded from Andover eastward in 1844, with stops at Ballardvale Junction, South Reading, North Malden, Malden and Boston.
Physical Location
MANU
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Harvard University Press, 1945
Creator
- Boston and Maine Railroad (Organization)
- Author
- Baker Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- bak01442
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
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