Business records kept by unidentified Boston, Mass. merchant, 1861-1870.

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Business records kept by unidentified Boston, Mass. merchant, 1861-1870.

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Stock and check registers and a scrapbook kept by an unidentified merchant of Boston, Mass, 1861-70. Scrapbook contains circulars of canal and coal companies in Delaware and Pennsylvania, clippings related to railroads, and letters from William Reed regarding transportation legislation in Congress, 1861. Stock register for the Shawmut & Ridgeway Railroad Co. includes receipts for payment to William Reed, David Sears, and William Cole among others, 1863. Checkbook for the National Bank of North America in Boston includes receipts for payment to George Peabody, Henry Whitwell, and John S. Tyler among others. Collection also includes loose cancelled checks and receipts, 1861-70.

1 narrow box and 3 v. in cases.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7631154

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Shawmut & Ridgeway Railroad Co.

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Reed, William B. (William Bradford), 1806-1876

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American writer, editor and publisher. From the description of Letter : to [James Thomas] Fields, 1870 Dec. 10. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122625073 Lawyer and diplomat. From the description of Papers [microform], 1857-1860. (Oberlin College Library). WorldCat record id: 35721445 From the description of Papers of William B. Reed, 1857-1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452370 ...

National Bank of North America (Boston, Mass.)

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