Account book for lumber business
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Overview of the Records
New York State Archives
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Albany, NY 12230
0.1 cubic feet
1 volume
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous accounts of an unidentified private firm dealing in lumber and firewood, probably at Albany. It includes accounts of sales of firewood to the steamboats "Red Jacket" and "Victory". These vessels were owned by the East Boston Timber Company, which shipped lumber along the canal. The documents in this series are among the company's records acquired by the Comptroller when the City Bank of Buffalo, in which the company had a controlling interest, went into receivership. Additional records of the East Boston Timber Company are in series A1079, Passenger List and Freight Account Book of Steamboat "Red Jacket"
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New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department