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Box 1

 Container

Contains 116 Results:

Photocopy of Special Order No. 19, Headquarters First Military District, Enrolled Missouri Militia, authorizing John J. Witzig to issue certificates of exemption from military duty to steamboat officers, St. Louis. (accession number 65-0026), 1864 May 10

 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 May 10

Photocopy of United States Supervising Inspector certificate to Joseph Thomas, employed as an assistant engineer on the steamer Kate Kinney. (accession number 65-0026), 1864 July 23

 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 July 23

United States Inspectors certificate of license issued to Lee Anshutz, to act as master on the western and southern rivers, and pilot on the Ohio River between Pittsburgh and Louisville. (accession number 65-0026), 1892 Jan 13

 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: 1892 Jan 13

United States Inspectors certificate of license issued to William J. Moore, master on the western and southern rivers, and pilot on the Ohio River between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. (accession number 65-0026), 1894 Oct 26

 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: 1894 Oct 26

Blank United States Inspectors certificate to pilots. (accession number 65-0026), No date

 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: No date

Blank United States Inspectors license to special engineers. (accession number 65-0026), No date

 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: No date

Deed of lease between Wiggins Ferry Company, Illinois, and Frederick Sebastian for a piece of land at the northern end of Bloody Island to be used as a boat yard. (1 item) (accession number 61-0042), 1864 Mar 1

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15
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 Mar 1

Debarkation license, Vicksburg, Mississippi, to ship cotton on the steamboat Metropolitan to New Orleans. (1 item), 1864 Mar 1

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15
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 Mar 1

Issue of The Red River Rover, printed onboard the steamboat Des Moines, describing battles around Alexandria. (transferred to Civil War Collection, December 1999) (accession number 59-0033), 1864 Mar 21

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15
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 Mar 21

Bill of lading, steamboat M[ary] E. Forsyth, Sunnyside, Arkansas., 1864 Nov 1

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15
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 Nov 1