October 1874 to December 1875 Ledger from the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Express Railroad
[Pennsylvania[: Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Express Railroad, 1874-75.
Leather bound. Oblong ledger. Restored. Marbled paper covered boards. Newer paper covered corners and spine. Front cover cleaned. Covers re attached with papered hinges in front and back. Ledger consists of [77] leaves (144 pages) of recorded information written in pencil on lined columns. The last 3 leaves in back unused. Information includes date; article; consignee; destination amount charges; and by whom received. The recorded information is brief and sometimes difficult to read. No destinations recorded instead cash numbers written in the destination fields.
From wikipedia:
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, also known as the DL&W or Lackawanna Railroad, was a U.S. Class 1 railroad that connected Buffalo, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey, and by ferry with New York City, a distance of 395 miles (636 km). The railroad was incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1853, and created primarily to provide a means of transport of anthracite coal from the Coal Region in Northeast Pennsylvania to large coal markets in New York City. The railroad gradually expanded both east and west, and eventually linked Buffalo with New York City. Defective. Item #31000
Price: $50.00