Records of the Old Colony Steamboat Company
Abstract
The collection contains business records of the Old Colony Steamboat Company. Records include cashbooks, invoices, cash journals, expense books, payroll vouchers, register of bills audited, coupon bonds, and other business records; together with log (1892) of steamer FITCHBURG and vessel accounts for the CITY OF LAWRENCE, CITY OF WORCESTER, and CITY OF BOSTON.
Dates
- Creation: 1874 - 1904
Language of Materials
English Latin
Restrictions on Access
Available for use in the Manuscripts Division.
Restrictions on Use
Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division.
History of the Old Colony Steamboat Company
The Old Colony Steamboat Company was chartered in April 1874 to operate freight and passenger steamers between Narragansett Bay and New York, N.Y. While controlled by the Old Colony Railroad, it operated independently. When the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad leased the Old Colony Railroad in 1893 it gained control of the steamboat company. In 1905 the New Haven Railroad's New England Navigation Company purchased the Old Colony Steamboat Company.
Extent
83 volume(s)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Records of the Old Colony Steamboat Company (Coll. 124)
- Subtitle
- An Inventory of Records at the G.W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts Repository
G. W. Blunt White Library
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
112 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic CT 06355 United States
860.572.5367
collections@mysticseaport.org