Railroad information file, 1849-1988.

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Railroad information file, 1849-1988.

Petitions to extend the Long Island Railroad from Wading River to Riverhead, with proposed map, clippings, and notes, 1911-1913; N.Y. Supreme Court brief, 1868; timetables, 1849-1988 (with gaps); time and record book kept by Seth Raynor, 1851-1885; information bulletins, booklets, newsletters, clippings, maps, advertisements, handbills, annual reports, broadsides, postcards, and photographs.

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