(NEW YORK) Maintenance daybook from the first years of the N

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(NEW YORK.) Maintenance daybook from the first years of the New York & Erie Railroad. [4], 99, [409] manuscript pages. Folio, contemporary calf, lacking backstrip, otherwise moderate wear; minor wear to contents. Np, 1841-48

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The New York & Erie Railroad opened on 23 September 1841, the same day as the first entry in this daybook. The entries are mostly arranged into monthly charges for locations in upstate New York and New Jersey: Ramapo, Orange, Rockland, Piermont, Orange, Sussex, Delaware, and Sullivan. Other entries are headed "Construction," "Passenger Cars" and "Freight Cars." Costs are listed for scrapers, tender springs, bumpers, brakes, varnish, and much more.