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Guide to the Hudson River Day Line Records
1818-1949
MS 315
Descriptive Summary
| Creator:
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Hudson River Day Line |
| Title: |
Hudson River Day Line records |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
1818-1949 |
| Abstract: |
The collection includes the records of the Hudson River Day Line, spanning roughly
the entire 100 year history (1840s-1940s) of the company and its predecessor and related
entities. The Day Line is best recalled for its passenger service, carrying people
for business or pleasure up and/or down the Hudson River between New York City and
Albany, with various stops along the way, but its history reaches back to the mid-19th
century and its steam towing operations. The collection includes financial and transaction
records, correspondence, scrapbooks, publicity material, timetables, ephemera, ship-level
records of passengers landed and received, and more. Much of the documents relate
to specific steamboats, including the Alida, Anna, Armenia, Austin, Cayuga, Chauncey
Vibbard, Commerce, E. Corning Jr., Daniel Drew, Mary Powell, Mercury, New York, Ontario,
Oswego, Schuyler, Seneca, and others
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| Quantity: |
97 Linear feet in 45 record cartons and 375 bound volumes |
| Language: |
The documents in the collection are in English. |
| Call Phrase: |
MS 315 |
