Box 1
Container
Contains 116 Results:
Statement of barge Ocean Spray for repair by firm of F. Sebastian, ship carpenter and caulker. (1 item) (accession number 61-0042), 1864 Dec 22
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 Dec 22
Card of the Merchants’ and People’s Line, St. Louis & New Orleans Packet, advertising the passenger steamer M.S. Mepham. Printed on the back are distances on the Mississippi River from New Orleans to St. Louis. (1 item), ca. 1865
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:
ca. 1865
Diary of R.M. Frazier describing trip on steamer Deer Lodge, up the Missouri River to Ft. Union, Yankton, and other port cities and return to St. Louis. (66 pages) (accession number 59-0017), 1865
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:
1865
Card of the St. Louis, Ste. Genevieve, and Chester Tri-weekly Packet advertising sailing of the steamboat Gold Finch. Printed on the back are distances on the Mississippi River from St. Louis to points on the way to Liberty, Illinois. (1 item), ca. 1865-1868
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:
ca. 1865-1868
[Missouri Republican] newspaper clipping regarding the steamboat City of Alton surpassing the time record of the steamboat Mollie Able from Memphis to Cairo. (1 item), 1865 Apr 23
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:
1865 Apr 23
Log Book, Transportation Office, Little Rock, Arkansas. Numerous entries mention the steamboat Annie Jacobs. Book was later used as a scrapbook with newspaper clippings, many including household tips and poetry, pasted over and obscuring the original notes. (1 item), 1865 July 17-Aug 28
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 16
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:
1865 July 17-Aug 28