William Garner, Sr., freight receipt from the South Side Railroad Co. of L.I., 1868
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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).
Date
Sep. 28, 1868
Contributor
O'Connor, Michael
Rights
Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Format
Freight receipt
Is Part Of
Carman Family Collection (Box 11, Folder 8)
Files
Citation
“William Garner, Sr., freight receipt from the South Side Railroad Co. of L.I., 1868,” Hofstra University Library Special Collections: Digital Collections, accessed April 20, 2024, https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4511.
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