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...

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Records of freight carried on the steamer “Whirlwind” for trips to and from different destinations on the Mississippi River for the year 1852. John A. Williams was listed as the Master of the steamer.

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Checkbook registers, signature books, daily records for loans, and other records for the Branch Bank or the State of Missouri (Sturdivant Bank) in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection consists of 6 separate ledgers summarized below:Sturdivant Bank Checkbook Register, 1857-1862. Checkbook register for Branch Bank of the State of Missouri (Sturdivant Bank) in Cape Girardeau for the period 1857-1862. Mostly unused, this register records a few checks written by the bank during that time period. On 20 July 1857 number 6 check was written for Amaziah Brewer for $54 to credit.Sturdivant Bank Daily Records, Vol. 1-2, 1857-1860, 1864-1867 and...