New York State Comptroller's Office Passenger List and Freight Account Book of Steamboat "Red Jacket"
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Overview of the Records
New York State Archives
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Albany, NY 12230
0.3 cubic feet
2 volumes
Arrangement
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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New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department