Transportation records, 1786-1909.

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Transportation records, 1786-1909.

Letters (1874) to Benjamin A. Hegeman from officials of Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad; correspondence and other papers (1856-1892) of William S. Sneden, chiefly as an officer of New Jersey Southern Railroad; correspondence (1868-1870) of Cape May & Millville Railroad Company; record book of Elizabethtown and Somerville Railroad Company; horse hire daybook (1874-1883) from Mount Holly, N.J.; Joline family account book (1817-1830) relating to stagecoach operations through Princeton, N.J.; record (1851-1861) of seats sold on a stage from Rochester, Mass., to New Bedford, Mass.; affidavit (1835) concerning the Trenton and New Brunswick Turnpike Company; dividend book (1867-1880) of Taylorsville Delaware Bridge Company, Pa.; engineer's drawings of outlet lock and towpath bridge on Morris Canal and locks on Delaware and Raritan Canal (ca. 1838); and papers (1786-1874) relating to canals in Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.

28 items, 5 v., and 1 folder.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7258958

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Trenton and New Brunswick Turnpike Co.

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Cape May & Millville Railroad Company

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Joline family.

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Hegeman, Benjamin A. (Benjamin Arrowsmith), 1820-1903

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New Jersey Southern Railroad

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Sneden, William S., 1829-1905

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Civil engineer; engaged in construction and management of various railroads, including New Jersey Southern Railroad (known as Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad until 1870); lived for many years in Red Bank, Monmouth County, N.J. From the description of Papers, 1856-1892 (bulk 1869-1880). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122525307 ...

Elizabethtown & Somerville Railroad Company

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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company

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The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R. Co. was headquartered at 49 Wall St., New York, N.Y. It had many local stations, including one in New Milford, Pa. D. W. Hagen was an agent at the New Milford Station in the 1870s. From the description of Receipt book, 1853-1862, 1875-1888. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 261228863 The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad was one of the largest and most prosperous anthracite mining and transporting co...

Taylorsville Delaware Bridge Company (Pa.)

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