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New Jersey State Archives
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P.O. Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
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Non-Governmental Records - Railroad Company Records
See the pages linked below for holdings of corporate filings and taxation records relating to railroad companies.
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Series:
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Bay Shore Connecting Railroad Company
Annual Reports to the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, 1936-1939
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Control #:
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PBAYS001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (4 reports)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company deposit.
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Series:
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Bergen Neck Railway Company
Ledger and Day-Book, 1885-1894
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Control #:
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PBERG001
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (2 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company deposit.
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Series:
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Camden and Amboy Railroad/Delaware and Raritan Canal Companies
Minutes of the Joint Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, 1831-1872
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Control #:
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PCAMD001
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Format:
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3 c.f. (15 vols.); 2 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Pennsylvania Central Corporation deposit.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Photographic Souvenir of Engineers' Inspection of Hopatcong-Slateford Cut-Off, 1911
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Control #:
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PDELL001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (10 photographs, etc.)
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Arrangement:
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By original order
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Notes:
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The set was distrubuted as a bound booklet, but has been disbound for preservation purposes. Dated 21 December 1911.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Delaware, Lackawana and Western Railroad Company
Aerial Survey of the Morristown Main Line, Montclair Branch, Gladstone Branch & Greenwood Lake-Boonton Line, 1949
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Control #:
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PDELL002
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (160 13"x17" B&W photographs)
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Arrangement:
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By railroad line
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Notes:
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Most of the photographs in this series have corresponding negatives in the series: Fairchild Survey Inc./ Aerial Negatives & Prints.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Easton and Amboy Railroad Company
Journals and Ledgers, 1871-1903
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Control #:
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PEAST001
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Format:
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2 c.f. (6 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company deposit.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Hudson Terminal Railway Company
Ledger and Day-Book/Journal, 1883-1886
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Control #:
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PHUDS001
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (2 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company deposit.
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Series:
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Irvington Railroad Company
Journal, Ledger and Balance Sheets, 1904-1906
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Control #:
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PIRVI001
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Format:
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1 c.f. (4 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company deposit.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Jersey City Belt Line Railway Company
Journal, Ledger and Balance Sheets, 1891-1912
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Control #:
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PJERC001
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Format:
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1 c.f. (4 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company deposit.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Jersey City, Newark and Western Railway Company
Journal and Ledger, 1889-1891
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Control #:
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PJERN001
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (2 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company deposit.
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Series:
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Jersey City Terminal Railway/Edgewater Railway Company
Journal and Ledger, 1888-1891
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Control #:
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PJERT001
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (2 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company deposit.
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Series:
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Kill-Von-Kull Railway Company
Ledger and Day Book, 1885-1898
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Control #:
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PKILV001
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (2 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company deposit.
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Series:
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Lehigh Valley Harbor Terminal Railway Company
Annual Reports to the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, 1936-1939
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Control #:
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PLEHH001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (4 reports)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company deposit.
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Series:
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Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Annual Reports to the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, 1935-1939
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Control #:
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PLEHI001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (5 reports)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company deposit.
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Series:
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Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Maps and Drawings, 1902-1960
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Control #:
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PLEHI002
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Format:
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8 c.f. (254 map folders, 31 boxes)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Morris Canal Division
Ledgers, 1867-1904
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Control #:
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PLEHM001
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Format:
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5 c.f. (10 vols.); 7 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Microfilm is incomplete.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Morris Canal Division
Journals, 1868-1922
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Control #:
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PLEHM002
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Format:
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2 c.f. (6 vols.); 6 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Morris Canal Division
Cash Books, 1871-1898
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Control #:
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PLEHM003
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (2 vols.); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Morris Canal Division
Balance Sheets, 1890-1922
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Control #:
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PLEHM004
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (2 vols.); 0.5 reel (part of 1 reel, 35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Morris Canal Division
Blotters, 1896-1910
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Control #:
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PLEHM005
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (4 vols.); 1.5 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Record of drafts and vouchers.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Morris Canal Division
Book of Clearances of Reuben W. Messinger, Collector at Lake Hopatcong, 1899-1905
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Control #:
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PLEHM006
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Series:
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Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Morris Canal Division
Maps and Drawings, 1916-1922
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Control #:
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PLEHM007
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Format:
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7.5 c.f. (3 map boxes and 1 map folder)
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Notes:
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H and O maps were filmed as part of the series Morris Canal and Banking Company/ Maps and Drawings.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Lehigh Valley Railroad Company of New Jersey
Records, ca. 1872-1954
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Control #:
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PLEHN001
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (5 vols. & 5 reports)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company deposit.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway Company
Records, 1891-1943
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Control #:
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PLEHT001
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Format:
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1 c.f. (5 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company deposit.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Lehigh Valley Transportation Company
Records, 1881-1921
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Control #:
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PLEHV001
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Format:
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8 c.f. (32 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company deposit.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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National Docks Railway Company
Records, 1879-1912
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Control #:
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PNATI001
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Format:
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5 c.f. (16 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company deposit. Two volumes include National Storage Company accounts, 1903 & 1912.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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National Docks and New Jersey Junction Connecting Railway Company
Journal and Ledger, 1894-1898
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Control #:
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PNATJ001
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (2 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company deposit.
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Series:
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National Storage Company
Records, 1882-1950
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Control #:
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PNATS001
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Format:
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2 c.f. (8 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company deposit. See also National Docks Railway Company Records.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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New Jersey and New York Abattoir Company
Journal, Ledger, and Cash Book, 1891-1893
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Control #:
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PNEJA001
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Format:
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1 c.f. (3 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company deposit.
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Series:
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New York Lighterage and Transportation Company
Records, 1887-1900
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Control #:
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PNELI001
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (6 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company deposit.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Newark and Roselle Railway Company
Journal and Ledger, 1889-1891
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Control #:
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PNEWA001
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (2 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company deposit.
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Series:
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Newark Bay Railway Company
Journal, Ledger and Balance Sheets, 1890-1912
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Control #:
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PNEWB001
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Format:
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1 c.f. (4 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company deposit.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Newark Railway Company/Newark and Passaic Railway Company
Ledger, 1889-1891
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Control #:
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PNEWR001
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company deposit.
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Series:
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Delaware and Raritan Canal Agreements, 1874-1940
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Control #:
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PPENN001
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Format:
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2 c.f. (4 boxes); 4 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By region, party, then date
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Notes:
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Majority of agreements include site plans (usually blueprints).
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
Right-of-Way and Track Maps, ca. 1916-1971
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Control #:
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PPENR001
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Format:
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27 c.f. (27 map boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Roughly by railroad line/sheet number
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Notes:
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Includes revisions (as late as 1971) to maps dating from as early as ca. 1916. PRSL was later acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Public Service Corporation
Annual Reports, 1907-1947
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Control #:
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PPU00001
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Series:
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Public Service Corporation
Law Department
Legal Briefs, 1926-1933
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Control #:
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PPUBC001
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Format:
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2 c.f. (8 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by plaintiff
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Notes:
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The majority of cases involve appeals to judgments in bodily injury suits.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Public Service Railway Company
Miscellaneous Drawings [Reprinted], 1909-1914
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Control #:
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PPUBL001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (6 drawings)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Related records:
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Series:
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Burlington County
Clerk's Office
Railroad Damage Petitions, 1880
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Control #:
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CBUCL026
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by petitioner
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Notes:
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All relate to the Philadelphia, Marlton and Medford Railroad.
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Railroad Damage Petitions, 1860-1889
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Control #:
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CCUCL011
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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By railroad company, then by year
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Series:
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Highway Department
Division of Railroad Transportation
Miscellaneous Reports, 1960-1962
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Control #:
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SHIRR001
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (2 vols.)
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 91.2 c.f. of paper records and 22 reels of microfilm ~
To contact the New Jersey State Archives about research, reference services, records transfers or donations, please email us at njarchives@sos.nj.gov
This page last updated 05/17/2006
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