Bert Neville collection of steamboat documents

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Identifier: MSS-1342

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Bert Neville collection of steamboat documents

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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

0.8 Linear Feet (468 items)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

A collection of bills of lading and receipts for freight costs, passage, storage, and other documents, relating to steamboat lines, mostly within Alabama, plus some receipts from stagecoaches, warehouse and storage companies, and railroads.