Transportation collection, 1802-1949, 1850-1949 (bulk)

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Transportation collection, 1802-1949, 1850-1949 (bulk)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155520673

Brochures, maps, letters, receipts, advertisements, legal papers, telegrams, stock certificates, timetables, agreements, tickets, and other miscellaneous items pertaining to railroads, canals, Hudson River boat lines, turnpikes, and buses; letters pertain to jobs, financial matters, routes, and stocks. Items of note include testimony from a court case involving the Newburgh and Cocheton Turnpike, 1819; freight receipts of the Newburgh and Ellenville Plank Road Company, 1850s; an agreement for operating a canal boat on the Delaware and Hudson Canal, 1833; and broadsides and posters of Hudson River passenger steamship lines, 1878 and undated.

ca. 1 cubic ft.

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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SNAC Resource ID: 6879827

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands (Newburgh, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: History of Newburgh, N.Y. and vicinity. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155524641 ...

Newburgh and Ellenville Plank Road Company.

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Newburgh and Cochecton Turnpike.

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