August 1854 (check from E. F. Foster payable to Geo. E. Safford; 39 canal boat freight receipts; one note from W. H. Talcott; one receipt from Owners of Boat 489 to Steamboat J. D. Secor for towing from New York to Jersey City; directive from Conrad Kocher, Mauch Chunk, Pa to Morris Canal agents to pay to Boat No. 337 for delivery of cargo; check from E. F. Foster to Geo. E. Safford; receipt for Morris Canal Boat No. 426; invoice for transportation costs of several boats; directive to pay A. P. Berthoude for services as asst. eng.)

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.