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New York State Comptroller's Office Passenger List and Freight Account Book of Steamboat "Red Jacket"


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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:
These are passenger lists for daily steamboat trips between Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Provided are names; destinations; number of party; and fares paid. The series also includes daily accounts of Roswell Haskell with steamboat "Red Jacket" for receipts and disbursements.
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Passenger list and freight account book of steamboat "Red Jacket"
Quantity:

0.3 cubic feet

2 volumes

Inclusive Dates:
1838-1839
Series Number:
A1079

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Chronological.

Scope and Content Note

A passenger list for daily steamboat trips between Buffalo and Niagara Falls gives: names; destinations; number in party; and fares paid.

Accounts were kept between June 5 and September 11, 1838, and totaled at end of entries. The series also includes daily accounts of Roswell Haskell with steamboat "Red Jacket" for receipts (mostly from way bills) and disbursements, for April to November 1839; at the end are other miscellaneous accounts. Passengers were taxed in accordance with a law of 1817.

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