Box 1
Container
Contains 116 Results:
Copy of license for the steamboat Aleck Scott, Port of St. Louis, to be employed in the coasting trade for one year. (1 item), 1862 Mar 6
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1862 Mar 6
Minutes of the Western Boatmen Benevolent Association, St. Louis. Note on minutes reads, “Referee’s Exhibit ‘F,’ Nathl. Myers, referee, June 8, 1875.” (26 pages) (1 item), 1862 Oct 14-1863 Nov 18
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1862 Oct 14-1863 Nov 18
Account of the steamboat New Sam Gaty with Stone & Howe, St. Louis, May 2, 1863. Order from Quartermaster’s Department, St. Louis, to Stone & Howe to prepare crank of Sam Gaty, June 15, 1863. Account for repair work by Stone & Howe on New Sam Gaty, June 19, 1863. (3 items), 1863 May 2-June 19
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1863 May 2-June 19
Copy of Tariff No. 1, Rates of Government Transportation from St. Louis to various points, for officers, men, horses, cattle, mules, wagons, freight, and hay. (1 item), 1863 Aug 3
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1863 Aug 3
Copy of Tariff No. 2, Rates of Government Transportation, with 10% deducted from Tariff No. 1. Rates for transport from St. Louis to various points, for officers, men, horses, cattle, mules, wagons, freight, and hay. (1 item), 1863 Aug 3
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1863 Aug 3
Copy of a report written shortly after the burning of the steamboat Ruth near Cairo, Illinois, on August 6, 1863, in which millions of dollars of government currency destined for the sub-treasury at St. Louis were lost (4 pages). Note on report reads, “Copied for dear Edith by her Auntie Brinton in her 83rd year.” Also includes letter signed James W. Foster, director of the Maryland Historical Society, to Charles van Ravenswaay, director of the Missouri Historical Society, October 22, 1957, enclosing fragments of currency. (4 items) (accession number 57-0127), ca. 1863 Aug 6
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
ca. 1863 Aug 6
Photocopy of Government Rates of Transportation from St. Louis to Memphis and points in between, for officers, men, horses, cattle, mules, wagons, freight, and hay. (1 item), 1864
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1864
Three pilot’s license certificates of renewal for Benjamin F. Thornburg, on the Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans, January 11, 1864; on the Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans, September 12, 1866; and on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, between St. Joseph and St. Louis, April 25, 1867. (3 items) (accession number 69-0051), 1864-1867
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1864-1867
Ticket for deck passage on the steamer St. Patrick from Cairo to Louisville., ca. 1864-1868
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
ca. 1864-1868
Ticket for the steamboat Hibernia, regular Illinois River passenger packet, Alex. M. Grant, master. Verso shows distances from La Salle to St. Louis on the back. (1 item), ca. 1864-1870
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
ca. 1864-1870