1890s

Canada Southern Railway Stock Transfer Ledger 1895 NY Central Railroadiana

These are not certificates but original entries into the transfer ledger itself. The visible ledger entries, penned in New York, detail the transfer of shares between individuals and entities. One entry, dated December 21, 1895, records the transfer of 50 shares, identified as “No. 24594,” to Edward Morrison, authorized by T. Middleton, Attorney.

Philadelphia & Reading Railway 1894 Station Agent Letter Baggage Fee Accounting

This letter, written on the official letterhead of the Philada. & Reading Railway Co., is a piece of internal corporate correspondence from March 1894. The pre-printed form, marked “Form 4—No. 1” at the top left, indicates a standardized system for inter-office reporting, a practice that reveals the bureaucratic structure of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway, a corporation then heavily involved in both anthracite coal transport and passenger service across Pennsylvania.

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