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Notebook I - Documents from the Kansas - Olive

 File — Box: 104, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents note

From the Collection:

This collection contains bills of lading, receipts for freight costs, receipts for passage, advertisements, freight lists, receipts for storage, and accounts of sales. Most of the documents pertain to shipping lines within Alabama, including Montgomery to Mobile, Selma to Montgomery, Mobile to Selma, Mobile to Demopolis, and the Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers. It also includes a few documents concerning the route from New Orleans to Mobile, and Columbus and Aberdeen, Mississippi, plus receipts from stagecoaches, warehouse and storage companies, and railroads. The collection is arranged alphabetically by the name of the steamboat and is divided into five notebooks.

Dates

  • Creation: 1820-1945

Extent

From the Collection: 0.8 Linear Feet (468 items)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English