Weekly toll reports, 1848-1926.

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Weekly toll reports, 1848-1926.

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Weekly toll collection reports from toll collectors' offices list collector's office site; money received; and weeks covered by the report. Some records include daily collection totals; monthly collection totals; yearly receipt totals; canal officer receiving collection; navigational violation fines collected from boat masters; refunds made to boat masters; and expenses incurred by collectors for normal operating costs. One volume (1851-1854) contains canal land sale receipts for November 1852 and January to July 1853. Reports are included for these collectors' offices: Chicago (1848-1903); La Salle (1848-1877); Lockport (1848-1905); Ottawa (1849-1926); Henry (1872-1903); and Copperas Creek (1877-1903).

ledgers 12 volumes.1 cubic ft.

Illinois State Archive

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