Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries B. Forwarding Merchant and Railroad Shipping Papers documents business conducted at Phillips Wharf from 1849 to 1888. Here a number of commodities such as coal, wood, and cotton were transferred to railroad cars for shipment to cities throughout New England via a number of local railroads including the Salem and Lowell Railroad. There were at least four corporate entities that operated at Phillips Wharf: Phillips, Goodhue, and Bowker, Phillips and...