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1859 Freight Receipts and Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co. accounts

 File — Box: 0156.01, Folder: 08

Scope and Contents of the Collection

From the Collection:

This collection contains 337 paper items including various receipts, bills of lading, tariff and tolls, checks, paycheck ledgers, business correspondence and two maps. The span of time represents approximately 50 years from 1827 to 1893. The years 1854, 1856, 1857, 1859, 1863 and 1864 represent the largest amount of transactions. Some years have no represented paper transactions. The 1827 map (a Photostat copy) is of a map at one time located in the Morris Canal Office at Phillipsburg, N.J. The 1893 map (blue print) has indications that this map is from the Lehigh Valley Railroad office in Jersey City, N.J. The 335 pieces of paper represent the various aspects of Nineteenth Century business and banking practice. The collection was originally filed in a box identified as 627.13 M875 Morris Canal pamphlets.

Dates

  • Creation: 1843-1864

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Access Restrictions:

Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.

Extent

From the Collection: 1.0 box, 0.5 linear feet

Repository Details

Part of the Lehigh University Special Collections Repository

Contact:
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