History of New London Steamboat Company
The New London Steamboat Co. was established in 1882 and operated between New London, Connecticut, and Watch Hill and Block Island, Rhode Island. It was purchased by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad’s consolidated New England Navigation Company i 1904.
Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
Available for use in the Manuscripts Division.
Restrictions on Use
Various copying restriction apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the G. W. Blunt White Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Subjects:
Steamboat lines–Connecticut–New London
Steamboat lines–Rhode Island–Block Island
Steamboat lines–Rhode Island–Watch Hill
Document Types:
Cashbooks
Journals (accounts)
Ledgers
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Administrative Information
Coll. 129, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
Detailed Description of the Records
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
| Ledgers; 1882-1904 | |||||||||||||
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| 1 | # 319; 1882-1899 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | # 320; 1899-1904 | ||||||||||||
| Journals; 1882-1904 | |||||||||||||
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| 3 | # 321; 1882 Jul-1902 Aug | ||||||||||||
| 4 | # 322; 1902 Sep-1904 Dec | ||||||||||||
| Cashbooks; 1894-1899 | |||||||||||||
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| 5 | # 323; 1894 Oct-1899 Sep | ||||||||||||