RG-17

Records of the Land Office
XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Allegheny Portage Railroad

CHECK ROLLS, WORK ESTIMATES, RECEIPTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS, 1830-1860. (35 boxes)

1-0922 box 1

Engineers' Accounts, Estimates, Work Receipts, Samuel Jones, July 9 - September 30, 1830 (6 folders)

box 2

Engineers' Accounts, Estimates, Work Receipts, Samuel Jones, October 23, 1830 - April 9, 1831 (7 folders)

1-0938 box 3

Engineers' Accounts, Estimates, Work Receipts, Samuel Jones, April 7 - November 11, 1831 (7 folders)

box 4

Engineers' Accounts, Estimates, Work Receipts, Samuel Jones, November 25, 1831 - May 21, 1832 (7 folders)

1-0939 box 5

Engineers' Accounts, Estimates, Work Receipts, Samuel Jones, May 30, 1832 - November 17, 1832 (8 folders)

box 6

Engineers' Accounts, Estimates, Work Receipts, Samuel Jones, December 20, 1832 - August 30, 1833 (9 folders)

1-0940 box 7

Engineers' Accounts, Estimates, Work Receipts, Samuel Jones, August 31, 1833 - August 11, 1834 (9 folders)

box 8

Engineers' Accounts, Estimates, Work Receipts, Samuel Jones, September 3, 1834 - February 12, 1835 (7 folders)

1-0941 box 9

Engineers' Accounts, Estimates, Work Receipts, Samuel Jones, May 19 - July 8, 1835; August 26, 1836 (4 folders)
Check Rolls, Supply and Work Receipts, Wilson Knotty, September 28, 1830 - February 28, 1831 (3 folders)

box 10

Check Rolls, Supply and Work Receipts, Wilson Knotty, March 23, 1831 - June 18, 1832 (6 folders)

1-0942 box 11

Check Rolls, Supply and Work Receipts, Wilson Knotty, July 10, 1832 - December 13, 1834 (8 folders)

box 12

Check Rolls, Supply and Work Receipts, Wilson Knotty, January 3 - November 6, 1835 (7 folders)

1-0943 box 13

Check Rolls, Supply and Work Receipts, Wilson Knotty, November 9, 1835 - August 26, 1836; January 10, 1840; October 13, 1843; and April 30, 1845 (5 folders)

Engineers' Accounts, Estimates, Work Receipts, Mark Graham, May 26 - July 19, 1836 (3 folders)

box 14

Engineers' Accounts, Estimates, Work Receipts, Mark Graham, August 5, 1836 - June 19, 1837 (7 folders)

1-0944 box 15

Engineers' Accounts, Estimates, Work Receipts, Mark Graham, August 18, 1837 - February 6, 1838 (3 folders)
Check Rules, Repair and Work Receipts, Joseph W. Patton, March 21 - May 4, 1836 (3 folders)

box 16

Check Rolls, Repairs and Work Receipts, Joseph W. Patton, May 23, 1836 - May 8, 1837 (7 folders)

1-0945 box 17

Check Rolls, Repairs and Work Receipts, Joseph W. Patton, June 6, 1837 - December 28, 1837 (6 folders)

box 18

Check Rolls, Repairs and Work Receipts, Joseph W. Patton, January 23, 1838 - October 31, 1838 (7 folders)

1-0946 box 19

Check Rolls, Repairs and Work Receipts, Joseph W. Patton, December 19, 1838 - April 3, 1839; November 1, 1839 (3 folders)
Check Rolls, Repairs and Work Receipts, John Snodgrass, May 11 - August 20, 1839 (4 folders)

box 20

Check Rolls, Repairs and Work Receipts, John Snodgrass, September 11 - October 28, 1839 (3 folders)
Check Rolls, Repairs and Work Receipts, William G. Moorhead, May 28, 1839 - October 24, 1839 (3 folders)
Check Rolls, Repairs and Work Receipts, Thomas J. Power, April 12 - July 26, 1847 (4 folders)

1-0947 box 21

Check Rolls, Repairs and Work Receipts, Thomas J. Power, August 13, 1847 - June 29, 1848 (7 folders)

box 22

Check Rolls, Repairs and Work Receipts, Thomas J. Power, July 10, 1848 - September 14, 1849 (6 folders)

1-0948 box 23

Check Rolls, Repairs and Work Receipts, Thomas J. Power, September 27, 1849 - February 13, 1850 (7 folders)

box 24

Check Rolls, Repairs and Work Receipts, Thomas J. Power, February 13 - March 15, 1850 (2 folders)
Check Rolls, William S. Campbell, April 8, June 6, 1850 (6 folders)

1-0949 box 25

Check Rolls, William S. Campbell, June 19 - August 27, 1850 (6 folders)

box 26

Check Rolls, William S. Campbell, August 28 - October 21, 1850 (7 folders)

1-0959 box 27

Check Rolls, William S. Campbell, November 4, 1850 - December 23, 1850; May 7, 1851 (6 folders)

box 28

Check Rolls, William S. Campbell, May 27 - November 3, 1851; August 1, 1856 (4 folders)
Estimates, Work Receipts, John C. O'Neill, March 15-27, 1852; August 1, 1856 (1 folder)
Estimates, Work Receipts, Robert Faries for New Route to Inclined Planes, January 10 - March 12, November 1, 1851; August 1, 1856 (1 folder)

1-0960 box 29

Estimates, Work Receipts, Timothy Jones, New Route to Inclined Planes, July 12 - August 19, 1851; June 3-8, 1853 (11 folders)

box 30

Estimates, Work Receipts, Timothy Jones, New Route to Inclined Planes, June 14, 1853; April 24, 1854; November 3, 1859
Estimates, Work Receipts, T.G. Pomeroy, New Route to Inclined Planes, May 10 - December 28, 1854 (9 folders)

1-0961 box 31

Estimates, Work Receipts, T.G. Pomeroy, New Route to Inclined Planes, January 20, 1855 - March 15, 1856 (6 folders)
Check Rolls, Work Receipts, William A. Colohan, January 31 - June 4, 1856 (4 folders)

box 32

Check Rolls, Work Receipts, William A. Colohan, July 2 - October 4, 1856 (6 folders)

1-0962 box 33

Check Rolls, Work Receipts, William A. Colohan, November 7-29, 1856; March 21-October 23, 1857; October 5, 1858; April 28, 1860 (5 folders)
Check Rolls, Work Receipts, James Bryden, February 23, 1857 (2 folders)

box 34

Check Rolls, Work Receipts, James Bryden, March 9 - July 8, 1857 (6 folders)

1-0963 box 35

Check Rolls, Work Receipts, James Bryden, July 30 - September 2, 1857; January 18 - March 30, 1859 (5 folders)
General Accounts, 1836-1856 (1 folder)
Allotments and Bids, 1831-1834 (2 folders)
Passenger Lists, March 30-31, 1839 (1 folder)
Boat Clearances at Berwick, April 24 - October 27, 1833 (1 folder)
Material and Work Receipts of Edward F. Gay, Principal and State Engineer for Completing New Allegheny Portage Railroad, August 26 - October 30, 1856; January 21 - October 22, 1857; February 24, 1858 (2 folders)

RG-17

Records of the Land Office
XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Allegheny Portage Railroad

CONTRACTS, 1851-1855. (6 volumes)

1-0917 & 0918

RG-17

Records of the Land Office
XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Allegheny Portage Railroad

DAMAGE CLAIMS, 1831-1868. (10 volumes)

1-0918, 0919 & 0920

RG-17

Records of the Land Office
XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Allegheny Portage Railroad

REPORTS AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS, 1829-1857. (7 volumes)

1-0920 & 0921

RG-17

Records of the Land Office
XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Beaver Division

CHECK ROLLS, WORK ESTIMATES, RECEIPTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS, 1831-1846. (4 boxes)

1-1499 box 1

Engineers' Accounts, Estimates and Work Receipts, John Dickey
December 13, 1831 - July 10, 1832 (5 folders)

1-1501 box 2

Engineers' Accounts, Estimates and Work Receipts, John Dickey
August 31, 1832 - November 4, 1833 (8 folders)

1-1501 box 3

Engineers' Accounts, Estimates and Work Receipts, John Dickey
December 24, 1833; February 20, 1834; July 22, 1835; August 1836; April 3, 1837 (2 folders)
Engineers' Accounts, Estimates and Work Receipts, Samuel Power
February 20, 1834 - September 8, 1836; March 27, 1837; November 30, 1846 (4 folders)
Check Rolls, Joseph Pollock
October 15, 1835 - May 20, 1836 (2 folders)

1-1506 box 4

Check Rolls, John P. Meglathery (5 folders)
Accounts, Allotments and Bids, 1831, 1833 (1 folder)

RG-17

Records of the Land Office
XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Beaver Division

CONTRACTS, 1831-1834. (2 volumes)

1-1498

Sections, Tow Paths, etc., 1831-1833 (1 volume) (W2-g. 11., 111)
Miscellaneous, 1831-1834 (1 volume) (W2-g. 13., 113)

RG-17

Records of the Land Office
XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Beaver Division

DAMAGE CLAIMS, 1829-1843. (2 volumes)

1-1498

Land Damage Claims, 1832-1843 (1 volume) (W2-g. 12., 112)
Releases and Damage Compensation, 1829-1840 (1 volume) (W2-g. 16., 114-115)

RG-17

Records of the Land Office
XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Beaver Division

REPORTS AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS, 1829-1843. (2 volumes)

1-1498

(W2-g. 14 & 15., 113-114)

RG-17

Records of the Land Office
XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad

CHECK ROLLS, WORK ESTIMATES, RECEIPTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS, 1827-1860. (84 boxes)

1-0407 box 1

Work Estimates, John Barber, September 22, 1829 - February 19, 1830 (5 folders)

box 2

Work Estimates, John Barber, March 31 - August 19, 1830 (6 folders)

1-0408 box 3

Work Estimates, John Barber, September 21, 1830 - July 23, 1831 (6 folders)

box 4

Work Estimates, John Barber, August 3 - November 10, 1831 (5 folders)

1-0409 box 5

Work Estimates, John Barber, November 23, 1831 - April 17, 1832 (5 folders)

box 6

Work Estimates, John Barber, April 27 - November 21, 1832 (6 folders)

1-0410 box 7

Work Estimates, John Barber, December 5, 1832 - November 29, 1833, August 26, 1836 ( folders)
Work Estimates, William B. Mitchell, May 14 - July 31, 1832

box 8

Work Estimates, Check Rolls, William B. Mitchell, September 8 - December 31, 1832 (5 folders)

1-0417 box 9

Work Estimates, Check Rolls, William B. Mitchell, January 10 - October 29, 1833 (6 folders)

box 10

Work Estimates and Receipts, William B. Mitchell, November-December, 1833; January - June 1834 (6 folders)

1-0418 box 11

Work Estimates and Check Rolls, June 21 - December, 1834 (6 folders)

box 12

Work Estimates and Check Rolls
January 22 - December 18, 1835; August 26, 1836; April 13, 1838 (6 folders)

1-0419 box 13

Work Estimates and Check Rolls, John S. Cash, August 28, 1835 - August 26, 1836 (6 folders)
Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, Joseph W. Patton, March 21 - July 20, 1836 (see Allegheny Portage Railroad Carton 10)
Work Estimates and Receipts, Andrew Mehaffey, December 1836 - January 1837

box 14

Work Estimates and Receipts, Andrew Mehaffey, February 17 - June 10, 1837 (5 folders)

1-0420 box 15

Payments and Work Receipts, July - December 16, 1837 (6 folders)

box 16

Payments and Work Receipts, January 18 - July 24, 1838 (7 folders)

1-0421 box 17

Payments and Work Receipts, August 10, 1838 - February 15, 1839 (7 folders)

box 18

Payments, Work Receipts, Check Rolls, William Russell, August 9, 1836 - January 12, 1837 (7 folders)

1-0422 box 19

Payments, Work Receipts, Check Rolls, William Russell, February 15 - September 25, 1837 (9 folders)

box 20

Payments, Work Receipts, Check Rolls, William Russell, October 21, 1837 - June 16, 1838 (10 folders)

1-0423 box 21

Payments, Work Receipts, Check Rolls, William Russell, July 18, 1838 - June 13, 1840 (13 folders)

box 22

Payments, Work Receipts, Check Rolls, Joseph Collins, May 9, 1839 - October 13, 1840 (8 folders)

1-0424 box 23

Payments, Work Receipts, Check Rolls, Joseph Collins, January 11, 1841 - August 3, 1843 (9 folders)

box 24

Work Estimates, Payments, Check Rolls, Joseph Mosher, June 4, 1839 - November 7, 1840 (7 folders)

1-0425 box 25

Work Estimates, Payments, Check Rolls, Joseph Mosher, March 1841 - February 21, 1844 (9 folders)

box 26

Work Receipts and Payments, James Cameron, April 19 - August 16, 1839 (5 folders)

1-0426 box 27

Work Receipts and Payments, James Cameron, September 9, 1839 - January 30, 1840 (6 folders)

box 28

Work Receipts and Payments, James Cameron, March 4 - July 30, 1840 (8 folders)

1-0427 box 29

Work Receipts and Payments, James Cameron, August 17, 1840 - March 19, 1841 (6 folders)

box 30

Check Rolls, Repair Receipts, Edward F. Gay, March 30 - August 15, 1844 (6 folders)

1-0428 box 31

Check Rolls, Repair Receipts, Edward F. Gay, September 4 - October 15, 1844 (4 folders)

box 32

Check Rolls, Repair Receipts, Edward F. Gay, November 11, 1844 - February 14, 1845 (5 folders)

1-0429 box 33

Check Rolls, Repair Receipts, Edward F. Gay, March 13 - July 10, 1845 (5 folder)

box 34

Check Rolls, Repair Receipts, Edward F. Gay, August 20 - December 31, 1845 (4 folders)

1-0430 box 35

Check Rolls, Repair Receipts, Edward F. Gay, January 27 - August 26, 1846 (6 folders)

box 36

Check Rolls, Repair Receipts, Edward F. Gay, September 11, 1846 - January 1, 1847 (5 folders)

1-0431 box 37

Check Rolls and Work Receipts, William English, March 4 - July 31, 1847 (7 folders)

box 38

Check Rolls and Work Receipts, William English, August 28 - November 9, 1847 (6 folders)

1-0438 box 39

Check Rolls and Work Receipts, William English, November 30, 1847 - June 12, 1848 (6 folders)

box 40

Check Rolls and Work Receipts, William English, June 20, 1848 - April 21, 1849 (6 folders)

1-0439 box 41

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, William English, April 27 - July 20, 1849 (8 folders)

box 42

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, William English, July 20 - August 30, 1849 (7 folders)

1-0440 box 43

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, William English, September 11 - December 24, 1849 (6 folders)

box 44

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, William English, December 31, 1849 - March 13, 1850 (6 folders)

1-0441 box 45

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, William English, April 1 - June 5, 1850 (5 folders)

box 46

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, William English, June 5 - August 20, 1850 (6 folders)

1-0442 box 47

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, William English, August 29 - September 20, 1850 (6 folders)
Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, Augustine Holmes, January 18 - February 16, 1849

box 48

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, A.L. Roumfort, October 25 - November 30, 1850 (5 folders)

1-0443 box 49

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, A.L. Roumfort, February 7 - May 20, 1851 (6 folders)

box 50

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, A.L. Roumfort, May 20 - July 12, 1851 (5 folders)

1-0444 box 51

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, A.L. Roumfort, July 23 - September 23, 1851 (4 folders)

box 52

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, A.L. Roumfort, October 3 - November 29, 1851 (6 folders)

1-0445 box 53

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, A.L. Roumfort, November 29, 1851 - April 21, 1852; April 5, 1855 (4 folders)

box 54

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, James B. Baker, March 3 - April 30, 1852 (7 folders)

1-0446 box 55

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, James B. Baker, May 12 - July 26, 1852 (6 folders)

box 56

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, James B. Baker, July 26 - October 26, 1852 (7 folders)

1-0447 box 57

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, James B. Baker, October 26 - November 30, 1852 (8 folders)

box 58

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, James B. Baker, November 30, 1852 - March 29, 1853 (6 folders)

1-0448 box 59

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, James B. Baker, April 28 - June 20, 1853 (7 folders)

box 60

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, James B. Baker, June 24 - August 24, 1853 (8 folders)

1-0449 box 61

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, James B. Baker, September 28 - November 12, 1853 (8 folders)

box 62

Check Rolls, Work, Repair and Improvement Receipts, James B. Baker, November 22, 1853 - January 31, 1854 (7 folders)

1-0450 box 63

Check Rolls, Work Receipts, James B. Baker, January 31 - May 2, 1854 (7 folders)

box 64

Check Rolls, Work and Improvement Receipts, May 12 - June 24, 1854 (7 folders)

1-0451 box 65

Check Rolls, Work and Improvement Receipts, July 14 - August 22, 1854 (7 folders)

box 66

Check Rolls, Work and Improvement Receipts, September 1 - October 30, 1854 (6 folders)

1-0452 box 67

Check Rolls, Work and Improvement Receipts, November 7 - December 28, 1854 (7 folders)

box 68

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, January 9 - April April 25, 1855 (Motive Power) (6 folders)

1-0501 box 69

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, May 24 - June 30, 1855 (6 folders)

box 70

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, July 23 - August 21, 1855 (Relaying South Track, Motive Power) (5 folders)

1-0502 box 71

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, August 21 - October 27, 1855 (7 folders)

box 72

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, October 30 - November 30, 1855 (6 folders)

1-0503 box 73

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, January 15 - March 27, 1856 (Open Street in Columbia) (7 folders)

box 74

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, March 27 - June 21, 1856 (8 folders)

1-0504 box 75

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, July 9 - August 30, 1856 (6 folders)

box 76

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, September 6 - October 30, 1856 (7 folders)

1-0505 box 77

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, November 12 - January 21, 1857 (6 folders)

box 78

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, January 21 - February 23, 1857 (5 folders)

1-0506 box 79

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, March 9 - May 23, 1857 (5 folders)

box 80

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, April 24 - June 18, 1857, Dan. D. Mitchell, Sr. (7 folders)

1-0507 box 81

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, June 26 - July 28, 1857 (6 folders)

box 82

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, October 1 - October 20, 1857 (6 folders)
Work Receipts, Payments for Materials, C. Mason, January 2 - May 23, 1850

1-0508 box 83

Work Receipts, Payments for Materials, C. Mason, August 6 - November 24, 1852; January 9, 1860
Payments for Materials, Edward F. Gay, July 26, 1858 (Motive Power) (1 folder)
General Accounts, 1827-1856 (7 folders)
Passenger List, 1836 (1 folder)

1-0508 box 84

Boat Clearances, 1835-1844
Columbia, 1835-1836 (2 folders)
Downingtown, 1835 (1 folder)
Lancaster, 1835, 1837 (1 folder)
Paoli, 1835 (1 folder)
Parkesburg, 1839 (1 folder)
Philadelphia, 1835; January - February 1844 (1 folder)

Cargo Inspector's Weekly Reports, 1845-1853
Columbia, May 5 - July 17, 1851 (1 folder)
Lancaster, May 10 - June 21, 1851 (1 folder)
Philadelphia, 1848-1753 (1 folder)
West Philadelphia, May 5 - June 14, 1851 (1 folder)

RG-17

Records of the Land Office
XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad

DIGITIZED

CONTRACTS, 1829-1851. (7 volumes)

1-0399 box 1

Railroad Iron, etc. (1 volume) (W2-d. 26., 51-53)
Culverts, etc. (1 volume) (W2-d. 27., 54)

1-0400 box 2

Buildings, etc. (1 volume) (W2-d. 28., 54-56)
Laying Track (1 volume) (W2-d. 29., 57)

box 3

Sections (1 volume) (W2-d. 30., 57)
Fences (1 volume) (W2-d. 31., 58)
Engines (1 volume) (W2-d. 32., 58-59)

RG-17

Records of the Land Office
XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad

DIGITIZED

DAMAGE CLAIMS, 1832-1857. (18 volumes)

1-0401 box 4

Releases, etc. (1 volume) (W2-d. 35., 59)
Damage Claims A-W (1 volume) (W2-d. 36., 59-60)

box 5

Damages, (Volume 1) (W2-d. 33., 59)
Damages, (Volume 2) (W2-d. 34., 59)

1-0402 box 6

Contracts for Relief, 1832-1838 (1 volume) (W2-d. 25., 51)
Land Damage Claims, A-B (Volume 1) (W2-d. 1., 36)
Land Damage Claims, A-B (Volume 2) (W2-d. 2., 36)

box 7

Land Damages C-D (Volume 1) (W2-d. 3., 37)
Land Damages C-D (Volume 2) (W2-d. 4., 37)
Land Damages J-L (Volume 1) (W2-d. 5., 37-38)

1-0403 box 8

Land Damages I-L (Volume 2) (W2-d. 6., 38)
Land Damages M-O (Volume 1) (W2-d. 7., 38-39)

box 9

Land Damages M-O (Volume 2) (W2-d. 8., 39)
Damages P-S (Volume 1) (W2-d. 9., 40)

1-0404 box 10

Damages P-S (Volume 2) (W2-d. 10., 40-41)
Damages P-S (Volume 3) (W2-d. 11., 41)

box 11

Land Damages T-Z (Volume 1) (W2-d. 12., 42)
Land Damages T-Z (Volume 2) (W2-d. 13)

RG-17

Records of the Land Office
XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad

DIGITIZED

REPORTS AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS, 1827-1858. (11 volumes)

1-0405 box 1

1. Volume 1, 1827-1838 (W2-d. 14., 43)
2. Volume 2, 1827-1838 (W2-d. 15., 43-44)
3. Volume 1, 1839-1842 (W2-d. 16., 44-45)

box 2

4. Volume 2, 1839-1842 (W2-d. 17., 45-46)
5. Volume 3, 1839-1842 (W2-d. 18., 46)
6. Volume 1, 1843-1847 (W2-d. 19., 46-47)

1-0406 box 3

7. Volume 2, 1843-1847 (W2-d. 20., 47-48)
8. Volume 3, 1843-1847 (W2-d. 21., 48)
9. Volume 1, 1848-1858 (W2-d. 22., 48-49)

box 4

10. Volume 2, 1848-1858 (W2-d. 23., 49-50)
11. Volume 3, 1848-1858 (W2-d. 29., 50)

RG-17

Records of the Land Office
XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Delaware Division

CHECK ROLLS, WORK ESTIMATES, RECEIPTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS, 1826-1860. (24 boxes)

1-0318 box 1

Work Estimates, Thomas G. Kennedy, January 16, 1828 - January 1829 (8 folders)

1-0319 box 2

Work Estimates, Thomas G. Kennedy, February 25 - July 21, 1829 (6 folders)

box 3

Work Estimates, Thomas G. Kennedy, July 29, 1829 - January 29, 1830 (6 folders)

1-0320 box 4

Work Estimates, Thomas G. Kennedy, January 30 - May 25, 1830 (8 folders)

1-0321 box 5

Work Estimates, Thomas G. Kennedy, June 1, 1830 - February 28, 1831 (7 folders)

1-0322 box 6

Check Rolls, Joshua B. Calvin, December 16, 1833 - June 29, 1835 (6 folders)

box 7

Check Rolls, Joshua B. Calvin, July 22, 1835 - March 26, 1836; May 8-July 13, 1839 (6 folders)

1-0323 box 8

Check Rolls and Work Receipts, John Carey, January 1 - May 31, 1831 (6 folders)

box 9

Check Rolls and Work Receipts, John Carey, July 14 - December 31, 1831 (6 folders)

1-0324 box 10

March 19, 1832 - June 7, 1833 (5 folders)

box 11

Check Rolls, Work and Repair receipts, Robert P. Lovett, August 2, 1836 - November 27, 1837 (4 folders)

1-0325 box 12

February 8, 1838 - April 19, 1839; October 13, 1843 (5 folders)

box 13

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, Daniel Y. Hamman, Joseph Hough, April 19 - July 12, 1839 (5 folders)
May 30, 1836 - February 28, 1838; February 11, 1842

1-0326 box 14

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, David Cannon, April 25 - October 28, 1839 (4 folders)

box 15

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, John Matheys, 1841-1842; April 1 - July 15, 1845 (4 folders)


1-0327 box 16

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, John Matheys, August 15, 1845 - May 1, 1846 (3 folders)

1-0396 box 17

Check Rolls, Work and Repair Receipts, John Matheys and William K. Huffnagle, May 18, 1846 - March 19, 1847 (4 folders)

box 18

Check Rolls, Work and Repair receipts, William K. Huffnagle, April 29, 1847 - July 5, 1848 (6 folders)

1-0397 box 19

Check Rolls, Work and Repair receipts, William K. Huffnagle, August 17, 1848 - May 29, 1849 (4 folders)

box 20

Check Rolls, Work and Repair receipts, William K. Huffnagle, July 24, 1849 - February 2, 1850 (5 folders)

box 21

Check Rolls, Work and Repair receipts, John N. Solliday, April 26 - August 21, 1850 (6 folders)

1-0398 box 22

Check Rolls, Work and Repair receipts, John N. Solliday, August 21 - October 26, 1850 (4 folders)

box 23

Check Rolls, Work and Repair receipts, John N. Solliday, November 25, 1850 - April 17, 1851 (2 folders)
Check Rolls and Improvement Receipts, William Overfield, December 18, 1857 - April 19, 1858 (3 folders)

1-0399 box 24

Check Rolls and Improvement Receipts, William Overfield, May 20 - September 30, 1858 (2 folders)

Boat Clearance Accounts
Bristol, September-November, 1833; March-December, 1845; 1853-1854 (2 folders)
Easton, August 23-September 30, 1833; June 29-November 23, 1838, July 18, 1851 (1 folder)

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XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Delaware Division

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CONTRACTS, 1828-1855. (2 volumes)

1-0316 box 3

Sections, 1829-1841, indexed (W2-c. 27., 32)
Fences and Aqueducts, 1828-1855 (W2-c. 28., 32)

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XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Delaware Division

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DAMAGE CLAIMS, 1827-1856. (4 volumes)

1-0317 box 4

Releases and Damage Compensation, 1828-1835 (W2-c. 38., 36)
Volume 1, Claims, Raub-Yardley, 1830-1851 (W2-c. 36., 35)

box 5

Volume 2, Claims, Coryell-Rutherford, 1828-1856 (W2-c. 35., 35)
Volume 3, Claims, Millick, also Lehigh Navigation Company, 1827-1850 (W2-c. 37., 35)

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XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Delaware Division

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MINUTE BOOKS, 1826-1858. (2 volumes)

1-0312 box 1

Volume 1, 1826, December 9 - March 24, 1855, Index
Volume 2, 1856, January 16 - February 26, 1858, Reports, Surveys and Correspondence, Water Power, Releases, and Damage Compensation

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XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Delaware Division

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PROCEEDINGS REGARDING CONNECTION TO LEHIGH CANAL, 1829-1856. (2 volumes)

1-0316 box 2

Volume 1, 1829, June 4-September 20, 1856; Deeds for Lock House Lots, 1831-1848; Damage Cases under Act of April 6, 1830; Damages paid prior to Act of April 6, 1830
Volume 2, 1829, June 4-September 20, 1856, Deeds for Lock House Lots, 1831-1848; Damage Cases under Act of April 6, 1830; Printed Act of April 21, 1858, Sale of State Canals

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XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Delaware Division

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REPORTS AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS, 1827-1856. (7 volumes)

1-0318 box 6

Volume 1, Exploring Engineers, Superintendents Reports, 1827-1832 (W2-c. 29., 33)
Volume 2, Letters from Supervisors and Toll Collectors, 1827-1835 (W2-c. 30., 33)

box 7

Volume 1, Letters from Assistant Engineer, Supervisors, President of Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, 1837-1841 (W2-c. 31., 34)
Volume 2, Coal Shipments, Drawbacks, Tolls, Weigh Scales, 1841-1844 (W2-c. 34., 35)
Volume 3, Letters re: Boats, Locks, Hands Transferred, Petitions, 1846-1858 (W2-c. 33., 34)
Volume 1, Letters re: Boats, Locks, Locktenders, 1845-1846 (W2-c. 32., 34)
Volume 2, Letters re: Coal, Locks, Hands Transferred, Petitions, 1846-1858 (W2-c. 33.)
Boat Clearances, No. 1-2113 (W2-c. 26., 32)

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XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Eastern Division

CHECK ROLLS, WORK ESTIMATES, RECEIPTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS, 1827-1859. (22 boxes)

1-0512 box 1

Disbursements and Accounts, 1827, Charles Mowery, February 20 - September 1, 1827 (6 folders)

box 2

Work Estimates and receipts, Accounts, 1827-1828, September 26, 1827 - September 2, 1828 (7 folders)

1-0513 box 3

Work Estimates and receipts, Accounts, 1827-1828, June 15, 1829 - August 16, 1830 (John Forry, Jr.) (8 folders)

box 4

Check Rolls, Accounts, 1831-1836, J.C. McCallister, April 23, 1831 - July 10, 1832 (4 folders)

1-0514 box 5

Check Rolls, Accounts, 1831-1836, J.C. McCallister, August 13, 1832 - December 23, 1833, Old and New Works (6 folders)

1-0514 box 6

Check Rolls, Accounts, 1831-1836, J.C. McCallister, February 14 - November 7, 1834 (6 folders)

1-0515 box 7

Check Rolls, Accounts, 1831-1836, J.C. McCallister, December 17m 1834, Old Works (8 folders)

1-0515 box 8

Check Rolls, Accounts, 1831-1836, J.C. McCallister, January 5 - April 25, 1836 (2 folders)
Check Rolls, Repair Receipts, Archibald Orme, June 14, 1836 - February 15, 1837, Eastern and Juniata Divisions (4 folders)

1-0522 box 9

Check Rolls, Repair Receipts, Archibald Orme, April 8 - November 17, 1837 (6 folders)

1-0522 box 10

Check Rolls, Repair Receipts, Archibald Orme, January 16, 1838 - March 25, 1839 (6 folders)

1-0523 box 11

Check Rolls, 1836-1849
June 24, 1836 - December 29, 1837; October 13, 1843, John P. Rutherford (7 folders)

1-0522 box 12

November 1, 1838-March 30, 1830; May 24, 1844, John Foreman, J.C. McAllister (6 folders)
May 4, 1848 - January 20, 1849, John MacLauchlin (1 folder)

1-0524 box 13

Check Rolls, Repair and Work Receipts, 1849-1859
March 15 - December 27, 1849 (8 folders)

1-0524 box 14

January 4 - October 10, 1850 (9 folders)

1-0525 box 15

October 21, 1850 - March 11, 1851 (9 folders)
March 10 - July 9, 1851, James Gowan

1-0525 box 16

July 15, 1851 - February 17, 1852, August 1, 1856; November 3, 1859 (9 folders)

1-0526 box 17

January 4 - September 3, 1855, Weidman Forster (6 folders)

1-0526 box 18

October 13, 1855 - May 24, 1856 (7 folders)

1-0527 box 19

July 9, 1856 - February 24, 1857 (7 folders)

1-0527 box 20

March 16 - May 19, 1857 (6 folders)
July 1-November 30, 1857; November 3, 1859, Darwin E. Martin

1-0528 box 21

General Accounts, 1827-1854
Passenger Lists, 1835-1836 (3 folders)

Receipt Books, 1835-1842, John McAllister
Volume 1, August 1835 - March 20, 1840
Volume 2, June 27, 1840 - September 26, 1842

1-0528 box 22

Boat Clearances, 1830-1836, 1845
Columbia Boats Passing Outlet Locks, March 11-December 1, 1845 (1 folder)
Harrisburg, January 9, 1830 - November 2, 1833; April-November, 1836 (7 folders)
Portsmouth, May-November, 1833; May-October 1836 (2 folders)

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XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Eastern Division

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CONTRACTS, 1826-1858. (5 volumes)

1-0509 box 1

Volume 1, Locks (W2-e. 1., 60)
Volume 2, Culverts, (W2-e. 2., 61)

box 2

Volume 3, Swatara Feeder, Columbia Lines (W2-e. 3., 61-62)
Volume 4, Miscellaneous (W2-e. 4., 62)
Volume 5, Wharfs (W2-e. 5., 62-63)

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XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Eastern Division

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DAMAGE CLAIMS, 1826-1858. (4 volumes)

1-0510 box 3

Volume 1, Releases (W2-e. 13., 67)
Volume 2, Land Damage Claims - 1 (W2-e. 10., 66)

box 4

Volume 3, Land Damage Claims - 2 (W2-e. 11., 67)
Volume 4, Land Damage Claims - 3 (W2-e. 12., 67)

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XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Eastern Division

DIGITIZED

REPORTS AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS, 1826-1858. (5 volumes)

1-0511 box 5

Volume 1, 1825-1833 (W2-e. 6., 63-64)
Volume 2, 1831-1840 (W2-e. 7., 64)

box 6

Volume 1, 1841-1858 (W2-e. 8., 64-65)
Volume 2, 1841-1858 (W2-e. 9b., 66)
Lebanon Valley Railroad Request (W2-e. 9a., 65-66)

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Records of the Land Office
XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Erie Extension Canal

CHECK ROLLS, WORK ESTIMATES, RECEIPTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS, 1836-1844. (5 boxes)

1-0511 box 1

Engineer's Accounts, Estimates and Work Receipts, John Reynalds, October 31, 1836 - June 27, 1837 (6 folders)

1-0512 box 2

Engineer's Accounts, Estimates and Work Receipts, John Reynalds, July 21, 1837 - February 27, 1838 (8 folders)

box 3

Engineer's Accounts, Estimates and Work Receipts, John Reynalds, March 26, 1838 - November 6, 1838 (8 folders)

1-0516 box 4

Engineer's Accounts, Estimates and Work Receipts, John Reynalds
November 28, 1838 - April 3, 1839; March 11, 1840; September 4, 1844 (4 folders)
November 7, 1838 - January 31, 1839, May 15, 1840, May 24, 1844, William Johns, Connaught Line, (1 folder)
May 20, 1839, J.B. Curtis, Shenango Line (2 folders)

box 5

Engineer's Accounts, Estimates and Work Receipts
June 15 - October 26, 1839 (3 folders)
May 14, 1839 - March 30, 1840, 1841, Hugh Keys, Connaught Line (5 folders)

Boat Clearances, 1843
Hartstown, April-June 1843 (1 folder)

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Records of the Land Office
XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Erie Extension Canal

CONTRACTS, 1836-1847. (7 volumes)

1-1507 box 1

Volume 1, Shenango Line, Lock Houses (W2-g. 10., 115-116)
Volume 2, Shenango Line, Sections (W2-g. 20., 116)

box 2

Volume 3, Shenango Line, Locks (W2-g. 21., 116)
Volume 4, Shenango Line, Dams (W2-g. 22., 116-117)

1-1507 box 3

Volume 5, Conneaut Line, Sections (W2-g. 24., 117)
Volume 6, Conneaut Line, Locks (W2-g. 25., 117)

1-1509 box 4

Volume 7, Shenango and Connaut Lines, Aqueducts (W2-g. 26., 117-118)

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Records of the Land Office
XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Erie Extension Canal

DAMAGE CLAIMS, 1836-1847. (2 volumes)

1-1509 box 4

Volume 1, Damage Claims (W2-g. 27., 118)
Volume 2, Damage Claims (W2-g. 28., 118)

box 5

Volume 1, Damage Claims (W2-g. 29., 118)
Volume 2, Damage Claims (W2-g. 30., 118)

box 6

Volume 1, Damage Claims (W2-g. 31., 119)
Volume 2, Damage Claims (W2-g. 32., 119)

box 7

Volume 3, Damage Claims (W2-g. 33., 119)
Land Damage Claims Volume 1 (W2-g. 23., 117)

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Records of the Land Office
XXV. Records of the Board of Canal Commissioners
Erie Extension Canal

REPORTS AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS, 1836-1847. (2 volumes)

1-1512

Volume 1, 1836-1847 (W2-g. 34., 120)
Volume 2, Superintendent's Statement, 1843 (W2-g. 18., 115)

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