Records, 1872-1886.

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Records, 1872-1886.

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Account books, vouchers and statements cover the receipt of monies from the general contractor and its expenditure for labor and supplies. Time books and payrolls show names of laborers with wages and deductions for board. Firms of this type usually employed part-time or transient workers, in this case divided between Irish and recent Italian immigrants. Correspondence (1879-82) is primarily inbound from contractors, engineers and suppliers.

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Easton and Amboy Railroad Company

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Kennedy, W. P. (Walter Phillips)

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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company

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Reynolds, O. B.

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Dowling, P. P.

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Dowling & Kennedy.

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Railroad contractors. The partnership of Dowling & Kennedy and its predecessor, Reynolds, Dowling & Company, were typical of the many small firms that subcontracted to grade sections of railroad rights of way for large general contractors. Reynolds, Dowling & Company worked for Smith & Ripley in grading four sections of the Easton & Amboy Railroad (1872-75) and on the New York & New England Railroad near Danbury, Connecticut (ca. 1879-81). Dowling...

New York and New England Railroad Company.

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