Box MSS VF 14

Scope and Contents: A selection of account books of lines which went to make up the railroad. The most extensive series are for the Central New England Railroad (1899-1927), the Hartford and New Haven (1835-1872), and the New York and New Haven (1845-1887). Ledgers and occasionally other volumes for the following: Boston and New York Air Line Railroad; Boston and New York Central Railroad; Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad; Central New England and Western Railroad; Charles River Branch Railroad; Charles River...

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Papers of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad include journal entires covering the purchase of the first locomotives of the company, receipts, and correspondence, 1824-1900.

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Typed history of the Allegheny Portage Railroad, 1825-1858.

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Board of director's minutes of the Granite Railway, 1826-1830.

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Papers of the Boston & Lowell Railroad include directors meeting minutes, reports, subscriptions to improve infrastructure, bills and receipts, invoices, stakeholders votes, and court stenographer notes of George vs. Boston & Lowell Railroad. Early papers include letters written by Patrick Tracy Jackson, who served as agent and treasurer of the company until 1831.

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Papers of the Boston & Maine Railroad include invoices, bonds, freight statements, correspondence, stock inventory, and a history of principal events

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Papers of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad includes a history of the company, correspondence, financial statements, and a proposal to supply the company with steam power locomotives.

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Papers of the Liverpool & Manchester Railroad include expence reports and reports of directors, 1831-1833.

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One statement of the cost income and expenses of the steam railroads in Massachusetts, 1844.

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Papers of the Newcastle upon Tyne and Carlisle Railway include a report on the progress of operations, a request from the railway office to view the railway, and one letter that includes updates on the directors meetings.

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Papers of the Boston & Providence Railroad include a case file list, shipping receipts, and share transfers.

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Papers of the Fitchburg Railroad include letters to the president of the railroad regarding late trains, freight, duties of the brakeman; artiles of agreement, receipts, and printed materials.

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Two shipping receipts.

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Correspondence and agreements made between the Boston & Maine Railroad and Great Falls Manufacturing Company for the supplies.