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Entry documentation for Utica and Schenectady railroad and Schenectady and Troy railroad


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
This series from the Comptroller's Office contains records of the Utica & Schenectady and Schenectady & Troy Railroads. Records include statements and reports related to property on the railroad (agricultural and manufactured products, stocks.
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Entry documentation for Utica and Schenectady railroad and Schenectady and Troy railroad
Quantity:

0.3 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1804-1849
Series Number:
A0907

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Unarranged.

Scope and Content Note

This series contains records of the Utica & Schenectady and Schenectady & Troy Railroads. The Utica & Schenectady Railroad records are annual accounts of property on the railroad, including agricultural and manufactured products. There are statements and reports of the Schenectady & Troy Railroad concerning the issuance of stock authorized by a law of 1837, Ch. 114, which authorized the City of Troy to borrow money and issue bonds, the money to be invested in the stock of the Schenectady & Troy Railroad; and of a law of 1840 (Ch. 229), authorizing the comptroller to issue stock to the company as a loan upon receiving a list of stockholders from the company.

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