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Box 1

 Container

Contains 116 Results:

Bill of lading, steamer Omaha, for hides, bales of hemp, and packages of merchandise. (1 item) (accession number 77-0004), 1857 May 4

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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: 1857 May 4

Bill of lading, steamer Meteor, St. Louis, for one box of merchandise. (1 item) (accession number 77-0004), 1857 June 16

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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: 1857 June 16

Bill of lading, steamer Kate Howard, St. Louis, for hemp, hides, and skins. (1 item) (accession number 77-0004), 1857 June 23

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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: 1857 June 23

Steamboat Wages Calculator, published by Maxwell & Co., Louisville, Kentucky. (1 item), 1857 Nov 1

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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: 1857 Nov 1

Receipt of payment of T.C. Pollock to the Regular St. Louis and New Orleans Packet for shipment of freight on the steamer R.J. Lackland, dated Natchez. (gift of Captain Charles M. Berkley, November 1931), 1858 Sept

 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: 1858 Sept

Facsimile reproduction of steamboat pilot’s certificate for Samuel Clemens on the Mississippi River between St. Louis and New Orleans. (Original is in the Mariner’s Museum, Newport News, Virginia.) (1 item), 1859 Apr 9

 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: 1859 Apr 9

Receipt of payment of Mr. Shurtleff to the Regular Saturday Evening Packet for shipment of soda and acid on the steamer Natchez, dated Natchez. (gift of Captain Charles M. Berkley, November 1931), 1859 May 2

 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: 1859 May 2

Printed advertisement for the steamboat Alhambra, departing from St. Louis to Fort Benton. Includes engraving of the steamboat. (accession number 61-0033), ca. 1860-1863

 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. 1860-1863

Ticket for the steamboat Emilie La Barge, bound for St. Louis., 1860s

 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: 1860s

Copy of enrollment certificate of the steamboat Aleck Scott, Port of St. Louis. (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