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Cape Girardeau Railroad Payroll Ledger

 Collection — Box: 3162, Ledger: 002
Identifier: 2008.108

Scope and Contents

Records payroll for years 1908-1909. No mention is made of which business this payroll book is a record of, but payroll is divided into numbered sections, shops, agents, engineers, watchmen, conductors, bridge gang, South Cape Store, pumper, linemen, fencing gang, brakemen, firemen, etc., so it probably can be assumed that it is for a local railroad company (perhaps Louis Houck’s). There are also very frequent references to just “Hospital,” (but sometimes listed as Cape hospital or Perryville hospital), but usually the reference is just for small change, such as ninety cents, or forty-five cents.

Dates

  • Creation: 1908-1909

Rights Statement

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Extent

1 Ledgers

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Records payroll for years 1908-1909. No mention is made of which business this payroll book is a record of, but payroll is divided into numbered sections, shops, agents, engineers, watchmen, conductors, bridge gang, South Cape Store, pumper, linemen, fencing gang, brakemen, firemen, etc., so it probably can be assumed that it is for a local railroad company (perhaps Louis Houck’s). There are also very frequent references to just “Hospital,” (but sometimes listed as Cape hospital or Perryville hospital), but usually the reference is just for small change, such as ninety cents, or forty-five cents.

Provenance

University Archives

Title
Cape Girardeau Railroad Payroll Ledger 1908-1909
Status
Completed
Author
Esther H. Bohnert
Date
August 2008
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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