Frankfort Bridge Company papers : receipts, contracts, payments, and repair orders, 1816-1836, bulk 1822-1828.

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Frankfort Bridge Company papers : receipts, contracts, payments, and repair orders, 1816-1836, bulk 1822-1828.

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This collection consists of 196 items pertaining to building and maintaining a bridge that would span the Kentucky River in Frankfort. The bulk of the collection is receipts for work, materials, and shares in the Frankfort Bridge Company. Billing invoices are included with the receipts. There is an authorization document, in the collection, for someone to draw the dividend of another shareholder. The collection also contains a contract for bridge repair, and a land title for the property the bridge was built on. Other items include: dividend payments, hiring a lawyer for the company, town tax payments, and shares of the company bought by citizens. Thomas Todd's name appears on a majority of receipts as payee for bridge maintenance.

196 items.

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Frankfort Bridge Company.

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