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Notebook II - Documents from the Onward - W.H. Gardner

 File — Box: 104, Folder: 2

Receipt to H.S. Williamson for passage on Steamer St. Nicholas, March 22, 1858

Receipt to Mrs. Pool for passage on Steamer St. Charles, December 20, 1863

Receipt to Mary Gulley for passage on Steamer Virginia, July 2, 1869

Receipt to B.J. Harrison for freight on Steamer Reindeer, February 13, 1872

Receipt to C.S.D. for freight on Steamer Robert E. Lee, May 8, 1875

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

  • 1820-1945

Extent

From the Collection: 0.8 Linear Feet (468 items)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English