Journal of the Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company sinking fund, 1858-1868.

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Journal of the Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company sinking fund, 1858-1868.

Commissioners of a sinking fund were responsible for overseeing the management of the finances of the Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company after it was placed in receivership in 1854. The state treasurer, a member of the fund, issued scrip, managed assets, and invested money for repayment of the debt. Journal is among main books of account by which expenditures and receipts of the commission were recorded and summarized.

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