Letterbook, 1846-1869.

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Letterbook, 1846-1869.

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Chiefly correspondence of officers and employees of the Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company, including Edwin A. Stevens, Treasurer and Superintendent; Ira Bliss, Agent; and Robert Livingston Stevens, President. The correspondence pertains to such daily business as ordering railroad iron and the lease or purchase of piers and wharves. Other Stevens family companies, such as the New Brunswick Steamboat and Canal Transportation Company, the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company, and the Trenton Railroad Company, appear in the volume. Also included are a financial report of the Delaware and Camden companies (1852), an inventory and appraisal value of property in the Camden and Amboy Railroad office (1868, 1869), and an inventory of the furnishings of two steamboats: Richard Stockton and William Cook (1867).

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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New Brunswick Steamboat and Canal Transportation Company

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Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company

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Incorporated 1830. From the description of Freight bill, 1856 June 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70975359 Railroad and steamboat company owned by the Stevens family. From the description of Letterbook, 1846-1869. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154270283 From the description of Letterbook, 1846-1869. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 17158343 ...

Stevens, Robert Livingston, 1787-1856

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Robert Livingston Stevens (born October 18, 1787, Hoboken, NJ–d. April 20, 1856, Hoboken, NJ) was an American inventor and steamship builder who served as president of the Camden and Amboy Railroad in the 1830s and 1840s. In 1807, the Stevens and his father built the Phœnix, a steamboat which became the first to navigate the ocean successfully when she traveled from New York City to the Delaware River in 1809. ...

Trenton Railroad Company.

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Delaware and Raritan Canal Company (N.J.)

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The Delaware and Raritan Canal Company operated a lock canal between New Brunswick and Bordentown, N.J., with a navigable feeder from Lambertville, between 1834 and 1932. The canal formed part of an inland water route between New York and Philadelphia. From the description of Regulations and rates of toll, 1856 March 18. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 79891952 ...

Stevens, Edwin A. (Edwin Augustus), 1795-1868

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