Title
William Garner, Sr., freight receipt from the South Side Railroad Co. of L.I., 1868
Subject
Garner, William, Sr., 1821-1873
South Side Railroad Co. of L.I.
Business enterprises
Businesses
Freight and freightage
Lumber
Railroads
Description
Freight receipt for payment of $10.20 made by William Garner, Sr., to the South Side Railroad Co. of L.I. The payment was for shipping 6,788 feet of lumber from Bushwick, Brooklyn, to Ridgewood (present-day Wantagh), N.Y. Note: Garner was a son of John Garner (?-1833) and Sarah Birdsall (1790-1836). He lived in Jerusalem, which for a time was known as Ridgewood, and which is present-day Wantagh).