Records, 1846-1937 (inclusive).

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Records, 1846-1937 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269581169

Records of Old Colony and consolidated companies. Includes correspondence, general accounting records, time books, freight records and other papers. Includes records of the Old Colony Railroad Corporation, the Fall River Railroad Company., the Fall River Steamboat Company, the Old Colony and Fall River Railroad Company, the Narragansett Steamship Company, the Old Colony and Newport Railroad Company, and the Old Colony Steamboat Company; and petitions, South Shore and Boston & Worcester Railroad vs. Old Colony (1848-1859). Among the letters is one from Daniel Webster to Isaac L. Hedge (1851).

39 linear ft. (335 v., 6 cases, 1 box)

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

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Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. As one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, he argued over 200 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1814 and his death in 1852. During his life, he was a member of the Federalist Party, the Nati...

Billings, George W.

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Cape Cod Railroad.

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Plymouth (Ship)

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Priscilla (Ship)

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Old Colony and Fall River Railroad Company

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The Old Colony and Fall River Railroad Company formed in 1854 with the merger of the Old Colony Railroad Co. (founded in 1844) and the Fall River Railroad Co. . The company was based in Massachusetts. From the description of Record book, 1852-1854. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 147332187 ...

Boston and Worcester Railroad.

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Buffington, W. A.

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Old Colony (Ship)

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J.S. Cunningham and Company.

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Newport (Ship)

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Putnam (S. C.)

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Jordan, J. H. (Jerry Holland), 1956-

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Falmouth (Ship)

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U.S. naval vessel launched 1827 by Boston Navy Yard, and declared ready for sea in 1828; sloop of war; 703 tons; decommissioned in 1859. From the description of Logbook, 1831 July 5-1834 Jan. 30. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70968557 U.S. naval vessel launched 1827 by Boston Navy Yard, and declared ready for sea in 1828; sloop of war; 703 tons; decommissioned in 1859; recommissioned as stationary storeship, 1860; sold 1863. From...

Old Colony and Newport Railroad.

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Kendrick, J. Richard.

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Fall River Steamboat Company.

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Narragansett Steamship Company.

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Fall River and Cape Cod Railroad.

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Fall River Railroad.

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Bristol (Ship)

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Nye, C. H.

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Ackley, A. L.

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Pike, M. F.

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Old Colony Steamboat Company

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Chartered 1874 to operate freight and passenger steamers between Narragansett Bay and New York, N.Y. From the description of Records, 1874-1904. (Mystic Seaport Museum, G W Blunt White Library). WorldCat record id: 70955773 From the description of Records of the Old Colony Steamboat Company, 1874-1904. (Mystic Seaport Museum, G W Blunt White Library). WorldCat record id: 47728077 ...

Commonwealth (Ship)

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Old Colony Railroad Company

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Chartered in 1844; opened for service from Boston to Plymouth, Mass., in 1845. Eventually blanketed southern Massachusetts with rail lines. Operated the famous boat train from Boston connecting with Fall River steamers for New York City. Passed into control of the New Haven system in 1893. From the description of Records, 1846-1937 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269581169 ...

South Shore Railroad

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Providence (Ship)

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