Notebook V - Documents from the Emma No. 2 - Juaniatti
Scope and Contents note
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
- Receipt to John Gendrat for freight on Steamboat General Brown, February 19, 1827
- Receipt to Purvis, Anderson, and Crawford for freight on Steamer Fox, July 15, 1836
- Receipt to H.W. Farley for freight on Steamer Favonte, December 5, 1840
- Receipt to H.W. Farley for freight on Steamboat Hercules, January 1, 1844
- Receipt to H.I. Bussy for freight on Steamboat Fashion, February 20, 1855
- Receipt to Mrs. Hill for freight and child passenger on Steamer Island City, February 23, 1858
- Receipt to W.M. Smith for passage on Steamer Jewess, May 17, 1868
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository