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Seymour, J. N. Letter, 1848 September 25.

Title: Letter, 1848 September 25.

Letter written at New York, N.Y. to Eben Chadwick at Boston, Mass. regarding coal purchases.

ArchivalResource: 2 pages.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122519626 View

Saltus and Company. Saltus and Company daybook, 1825-1835.

Title: Saltus and Company daybook, 1825-1835.

Sales records for iron and steel bars; nails, hoops, and other iron products; and coal and salt to customers around New York State. Includes many entries for Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, the Troy Iron and Nail Factory, and companies in Albany and Syracuse.

ArchivalResource: 2 vols.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122376910 View

Wurts family. Papers, 1796-1884 (inclusive), 1824-1884 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1796-1884 (inclusive), 1824-1884 (bulk).

More than half of these papers of the Wurts and related Philadelphia families consist of the business papers, 1824-1859, of four Wurts brothers: Charles Stewart, John, Maurice, and William. These papers consist of incoming correspondence, correspondence between the brothers, and a few receipts and other loose accounts relating to their involvement in the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, the dry goods firm of Wurts, Musgrove, & Wurts, and land speculation and related activities, especially speculation in anthracites coal lands in northern Pennsylvania. Other Wurts family papers include: correspondence and loose accounts, 1838-1884, relating to family lands in Missouri; Dr. Charles Stewart Wurts [II] receipted personal and houshold bills, 1869-1900; miscellaneous deeds; genealogical notes; and miscellanea. Related family papers include: Charles J. Wister poems, personal and business correspondence, 1796-1837; John Wister III, President and Treasurer of Duncannon Iron Company, outgoing family letters, 1846-1900; miscellaneous Wister family papers, including recipe books; and Ravenel family of Virginia correspondence, 1851-1857.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122380236 View

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company. Coal Dept. Records, 1856-1899 [microfilm].

Title: Records, 1856-1899 [microfilm].

The records are selected microfilm and xerox copies from a larger body of Coal Department records at the Lackawanna County Historical Society, 232 Monroe Avenue, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18510.

ArchivalResource: 12 reels of microfilm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122392708 View

Local freight tariff and classification of freight, 1870

Title: Local freight tariff and classification of freight 1870

Tariff schedule of the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad Department of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company. Printed, with some penciled annotations. Spine title: Albany and Susquehanna Railroad

ArchivalResource: .04 linear foot (1 volume)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/762 View

Jervis, John B. (John Bloomfield), 1795-1885. Papers, 1820-1884 [microform].

Title: Papers, 1820-1884 [microform].

The papers include family and business correspondence, maps, plans, engineering diagrams, reports on labor and construction costs and other materials bearing on Jervis' engineering commissions. The papers are an excellent source for the early evolution of railroad, canal and hydraulic technology in the United States and for the formative years of the American civil engineering profession.

ArchivalResource: 13 reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86123462 View

Archbald, James, 1793-1870. James Archbald papers.

Title: James Archbald papers.

The James Archbald papers contain predominantly letters received by Archbald relating to his employment with the Delaware and Hudson Co. from 1826 through the early 1850s, the Pennsylvania Coal Company from the late 1840s to the early 1850s, the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad from 1852 through 1855, and in smaller quantity from the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad from 1822 through 1855, and personal financial documents and correspondence to and from family members.

ArchivalResource: 6 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46823638 View

Allen family. Papers, 1818-1925.

Title: Papers, 1818-1925.

The Horatio Allen papers consist of fragments handed down in the family of his sister Mary Louisa Allen and her husband Edmund C. Evans. Associated with them are fragmentary papers of other Allen family members and genealogical materials.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122333708 View

Delaware and Hudson Canal Company. Receipts, 1885-1889.

Title: Receipts, 1885-1889.

Receipts issued by freight agents at Fort Edward, N.Y. and Green Island, N.Y. to businesses shipping various kinds of goods on canal boats. One item was issued to the M.L. Filtey Stove Company for the shipment of a stove to Westport, N.Y.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86164531 View

Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. Letterbooks, 1844-1878.

Title: Letterbooks, 1844-1878.

The records consist of one outbound letterpress copybook of Edwin A. Douglas, Chief Engineer & Supt. (1844-48), three outbound letterbooks of William Reed, Chief Clerk at Mauch Chunk (1852-1859), thirteen outbound letterbooks of George Ruddle, Chief Clerk, Treasurer and Real Estate Agent (1860-78) and four inbound letterbooks of George Ruddle (1870-74). The letterbooks contain the correspondence of some of the chief field officers at Mauch Chunk, much of it regular exchanges with the officers at the Philadelphia headquarters.

ArchivalResource: 7.1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86119448 View

Blair, John Insley, 1802-1899. Papers, 1830-1909.

Title: Papers, 1830-1909.

Correspondence; journals (1828-1883); personal financial records; records of Blair's coal, iron, and railroad interests; estate papers of Margaret Hankinson, William Hankinson, John Harris, John Locke, Frederick Snover, Benjamin Titman, William Van Campen, and others, retained by Blair as executor; records of various churches and schools in Blairstown, N.J.; Blairstown post office records (1830-1885); papers of John D. Vail, nephew of Blair's wife, Anne; correspondence, sermons, and other records, of John A. Reiley, pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Blairstown, and principal of Blair Academy; correspondence and financial records of Joseph F. Carroll; diary (1908-1909) of Jessie Gray at Leipzig, Germany; scrapbooks relating to John I. Blair and Blairstown; printed material and railroad maps; genealogical material on Blair, Vail, and related families. Persons represented include Anne, DeWitt Clinton, Jacob M., and James Blair; George Bowlby; T.B. Condict, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen; Enos Goble; Euphrenia and Robert G. Hunt; Aurelia Blair Mitchell; Anne and William Reiley; Charles, Emma Blair, and William Scribner; Charles E., George, and William Penn Vail; Asa Whitehead; Peter Winter; and John W. Wycoff.

ArchivalResource: 16 ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70956084 View

Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1792-1869.

Title: Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1792-1869.

Letters, financial records, legal papers, subscription lists and other miscellaneous items, including accounts kept by Mary Vernooy concerning exchange of goods, produce, and labor and debts due, 1800-1830; undated letter by Sarah Vernoy concerning news of family and neighbors in Elmira, N.Y.; temperance lecture by J.G. Gray, 1859; letter from Ann Maria DeWitt, Auburn, N.Y. to Benjamin Bevier concerning their aunt's estate, family news, and comments on patriotism, 1851; legal paper with a map concerning division of property of Cornelius DuBois, 1817; estate paper of Benjamin Bevier, 1792; letter from D. Fisher, New York City, to Rev. Robert McKee of Troy, N.Y. about plans from making a "compound blowpipe," 1833; property and stock reports of Delaware and Hudson Canal Company prepared for the state comptroller, 1846-1869; and subscription lists for a church at Napanoch, N.Y., 1835.

ArchivalResource: ca. .3 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155501699 View

New York canals collection, 1828-1883.

Title: New York canals collection, 1828-1883.

Includes a stock certificate from the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, 1828; receipts and checks for the Erie and Chenango canals from William C. Bouck, commissioner of the Canal Fund, 1835-38; letters and petitions received by William W. Wight, clerk of the Canal Contracting Board, Albany, 1854-58; letters received by Nathaniel S. Benton, auditor of the NYS Canal Department, Albany, 1858-65; and a NYS Canal Department stock certificate, October 6, 1881.

ArchivalResource: 105 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122599366 View

Delaware and Hudson Canal Company. Correspondence, 1856.

Title: Correspondence, 1856.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122519312 View

Hagley Museum and Library. Regional Economic History Research Center. Map project data files, Transportation in the Middle Atlantic States, 1750-1860.

Title: Map project data files, Transportation in the Middle Atlantic States, 1750-1860.

The Map Project Data Files include all the work undertaken by the project team, including much that was excluded from the final publication.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122397685 View

Delaware and Hudson Canal Company. Records 1823, 1855.

Title: Records 1823, 1855.

Articles of Incorporation (State of New York) from 1823 and a shipping receipt book from 1885 of goods trans-shipped by way of the Indianapolis, Bloomington, and Western Railway via Sandusky, Ohio.

ArchivalResource: 2 folders ; 36 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60326424 View

Delaware and Hudson Canal Company. Contracts and specifications, 1827-1830.

Title: Contracts and specifications, 1827-1830.

Contracts, specifications, and related documents regarding the design and construction of canal-boats by William Hixson.

ArchivalResource: 12 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51314677 View

Seymour, J. N. Letter, 1858 June 22.

Title: Letter, 1858 June 22.

Letter written at New York to F. B. Crowninshield, Boston, Mass. "I notice what you say in regard to our shipping your coal forward."

ArchivalResource: 1 page.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122346552 View

Hollister, H. (Horace), 1822-1893. History of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company; by H. Hollister, M.D., [1880] [typescript].

Title: History of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company; by H. Hollister, M.D., [1880] [typescript].

ArchivalResource: 211 leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82781181 View

Hudson Coal Company. Anthracite miners' heritage collection. [electronic resource]. 1871-1954.

Title: Anthracite miners' heritage collection. [electronic resource]. 1871-1954.

Office files generated by the Hudson Coal Company of Pennsylvania for anthracite coal mines located in Lackawana and Luzerne Counties, and payroll records for mines located in Luzerne County. The office files contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, publications, and blueprints. The payroll records list the names of employees, their occupations, hours worked, and rates of pay.

ArchivalResource: 29 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/762189923 View

Wurts, John S. (John Sparhawk), 1876-1958,. Wurts family papers, 1699-1964.

Title: Wurts family papers, 1699-1964.

The Wurts family papers are a collection assembled by John S. Wurts from various ancestors on both the male and female lines. They include family and business correspondence, diaries, estate papers, maps, engineering drawings, and financial papers such as bills and receipts, promissory notes, and accounts.

ArchivalResource: 9 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122558812 View

Papers, 1734-1934.

Title: Papers, 1734-1934.

Deeds, land drafts, agreements, and mortgages for land in Lower Makefield Township, Pa., and Trenton, N.J. (1734-1930); bonds, receipts, bills, accounts, stock book, bankbooks, and tax notices and statements (1844-1930); personal and business correspondence; and family record and memorandum (ca. 1896). Also includes miscellaneous papers relating to the North Pacific Railroad Co., Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Co., and the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. (1873-1896), Mayer Pottery, Trenton, N.J. (1886-1901), and Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa. (1884-1900); papers of the Umpleby family of New Hope, Pa. (1840-1890); estate and guardianship papers of law partners Samuel Nash and John Wismer for the Yother, Myers, and Wismer families (1844-1890); and personal papers of Samuel Nash and A. Blair Myers (1847-1918).

ArchivalResource: 25 in.

http://7034.sydneyplus.com/archive/final/portal.aspx?lang=en-US View

Hudson Coal Company. Anthracite miners' heritage collection. [archival material]. 1871-1954.

Title: Anthracite miners' heritage collection. [archival material]. 1871-1954.

Office files generated by the Hudson Coal Company of Pennsylvania for anthracite coal mines located in Lackawana and Luzerne Counties, and payroll records for mines located in Luzerne County. The office files contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, publications, and blueprints. The payroll records list the names of employees, their occupations, hours worked, and rates of pay.

ArchivalResource: 29 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318408516 View

Rand, E. C. M. E.C.M. Rand report, 1909.

Title: E.C.M. Rand report, 1909.

Report on Investigation of Books and Records of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company from 1870 to 1899 inclusive Showing Value to it of the Leases of the Albany & Susquehanna and Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroads, a 510-page typescript report, including a 22-page subject index and numerous manuscript corrections and amendations.

ArchivalResource: 1 vol.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122514621 View

Delaware and Hudson Canal Company. Circular letter, 1871 May 23.

Title: Circular letter, 1871 May 23.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122487126 View

Miscellaneous document collection, 1815-1982.

Title: Miscellaneous document collection, 1815-1982.

Broadsides, agreements, reports, drawings, bills, blueprints, permits, charts, programs, pamphlets, circulars, advertisements, legal papers, docking orders, surveyor's field books, inventories, leases, letters, clippings, patents, prints, receipts, stock certificates, timesheets, and other documents pertaining to Delaware and Hudson Canal land, boats, roads, shipping, repairs, workers, accidents, related industries such as cement and lumber, and local history subjects such as churches, Civil War soldiers, genealogy, and schools. There is also a logbook from the boat IOWA during a two week excursion trip on the canal, 1891.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155500903 View

Van Schaack family. Papers, 1686-1887.

Title: Papers, 1686-1887.

Correspondence and legal and business papers of Peter Van Schaack and his family. The collection includes letters to and from Egbert Benson, Henry Cruger, James Duane, William Laight, Theodore Sedgwick, Peter Silvester, John Vardill, and many others. The letters deal with such subjects as taxation, the siege of Boston, George Washington, Tories, the Jay Treaty, Shays' Rebellion, and the many prominent people with whom Van Schaack was acquainted, including the Jay family and Gouverneur Morris. There is a large number of letters to and from his brother, Henry Van Schaack (1733-1823). The correspondence contains many political and social opinions regarding America and England before, during, and after the Revolutionary War. Many of the legal documents concern the disputed claims to the Van Rensselaer properties in Claverack and Westenhook, N.Y. Henry Cruger Van Schaack added to the collection more letters from well-known people as well as legal and family papers. These are mostly dated in the mid-19th century, and deal in part with the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, the Berkshire Iron Works, and similar business ventures. The majority of the documents are Indian and Colonial deeds, or those concerning early land disputes such as the New York-Massachusetts boundary dispute.

ArchivalResource: 687 items (6 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122622269 View

Wright family. Papers, 1785-1902 (bulk 1809-1876).

Title: Papers, 1785-1902 (bulk 1809-1876).

The papers of Samuel G. Wright document his activities as a New Jersey gentleman farmer, a Philadelphia merchant, an ironmaster and a member of the New Jersey Legislature as well as his private investments in land and securities. As such it is a valuable source on the details of the early nineteenth century iron industry and its allied activities, including coastwise shipping, on the impact of economic fluctuations during the Jacksonian Era, on the linkages between eastern merchants and the developing West, and on everyday life in rural New Jersey and Delaware.

ArchivalResource: 16.67 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122503422 View