Abstract

The Essex Railroad Records contains business records of the Essex Railroad Company. The collection includes four receipts for capital stock shares dated to 1847 and 1848 and accounts for freight shipped on the railroad in 1849-1850.

Abstract The material in this collection represents approximately 130 railroad companies owned or operated in New England, from the early proliferation of many small short-lines through their gradual absorption into larger and fewer multi-route systems. Although this finding aid lists many small companies separately, some records may have been produced at a time when those lines were leased or owned by a parent company. A large percentage of the Railroad Collection consists of annual corporate...