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1842 Receipt This receipt says:
Mr. Moody Foster
1842 Dr. for Tolls on C.&O. Canal
Sept. 21 = On 17.814 ft Boards fro. Henretta & $1.42 L -- $11.57
19 = " 16.497 " ---"-----"-----"--- --- ----- --- 11.52
Nov. 1 = " 15.822 " ---" &1 Box 50-& 1.46 Lockage ---- 11.45
31 = " 16.362 " ---" per Martha ------------------ 11.44
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$ 45.92
Received Payment by Due Bill
Nov.10.1842 J. H. Baker, Coll.
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1864 Voucher (paycheck) This voucher has a 2cent stamp, and says:
$29.46 Voucher No. 24
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company,
To Charles ??????? Dr.
For 20 3/4 days labor at 1.50 per day 31.12 \
Deduct 3 1/3 days board 3.50 Per week, 1.66 / 29.46
Received from Superintendent of the Hancock Division, the above sum of Twenty
nine dollars and forty six cents, in full for the month of Feby 1864
[Signed in duplicate.] Chas. Murray
Witness:
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1865 receipt Here's my attempt to transcribe this receipt:
Office of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company,
Washington, June 30 1865
Received of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, Check
Numbered ____1683______ on the ___?????????_Bank____ for
Seventy five ____________________________________ Dollars,
for six months interest on the note of the company
for 2500 $ discount at the Bank of Commerce Geotown,
for the 14 January to the 30 June 1865
$75 D. Bill Shuman
Teller
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1868 Voucher (paycheck) This voucher says:
$3.00 Voucher No. 50
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company,
To Samuel Manning Dr.
For 2 days labor at 1.50 per day 3.00 \
Deduct ___ days board at ___ Per week, / $3.00
Received from Superintendent of the Hancock Division, the above sum of ___
Three dollars and _________ cents, in full for the month of Aug 1868
[Signed in duplicate.] S + Manning
Witness: ??????? ????
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1868 Voucher (paycheck) This voucher says:
$37.50 Voucher No. 19
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company,
To Lausena Muncy Dr.
For 2 Month--- labor at 4500 per mo- 45.00 \
Deduct for ---- board at _?_ Per week, 4.50 / $37.40
Received from Superintendent of the Hancock Division, the above sum of Thirty
Seven dollars and _fifty_ cents, in full for the month of Aug 1868
[Signed in duplicate.] S Muncy
Witness:
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1868 Receipt This receipt with a 2-cent stamp says:
Hancock Augst 26 th 1868
Chesapeak & Ohio Canal Co.
To John T. Richards Jr.
To 4346 ft of lumber $2.15c
per hundred ________ $93.44c
Received payment in full
John J. Richards
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1868 Receipt This receipt with a 2-cent stamp says:
Ches & Ohio Canal Co.
Hancock Division
To Humbird + Long
May 4th 1868 for 229 Carraige Bolts @ 6c $13.74
" " " " 137" Iron 8.22
" " " " Drayage .25
July 23rd " " 59" Cast Steel 19.44
Drayage .25
$41.93
Receive Payment
Humbird + Long
Per J.B.Humbird
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1868 Receipt My attempt to transcribe what this receipt says:
Clear Spring August 29th 1868
C&O Canal Company
Bot of I. Loase
25 le 1/4 O. Inau 1.50
Record payment
I. Loase
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c1860s Receipt This receipt doesn't have a date, but based on similarity to some of the other receipts listed above, I'd guess it's from the 1860s. My attempt to transcribe it:
Hancock Sept 13th
Denton Jakes
To B. Mitchell Dr
110 75 800 250
Aug 14 Gocepairs, Oakum, fitch, Labour, Doshage 12.25
" 30 " & dradege 1.00
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13.25
Received in full ???
????? B. Mitchell
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1872 Receipt This is a folded-up receipt from the Georgetown division of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, dated February 19, 1872, paying Calvin Page $12 for "material for locks". The inside of the receipt is shown below. |
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1872 Receipt (continued) This is the inside of the folded-up receipt shown above. My attempt to transcribe it:
No.____ Georgetown Division.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.
To.____Calvin Page_____________DP.
Address:__Frederick Md_________
1872 For the following as per Bill rendered, filed in Dolls. Cts.
Treasurer's Office, and cerified by _______ vis:
Feb 19 To 300 lb ? Pivots & Cups 4.0 12
$ 12.00
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Received 15 April 1872 from the Treasurer of the Chesapeak and Ohil
Canal Company, Twelve Dollars
in full of the above account
____Calvin Page________
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1874 Check I think this is a check, not a receipt. It's for a whopping $15,000! It says:
No._436_ ffice of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co.
Annapolis, January 15th 1874
Cashier of the Second National Bank of Cumberland
Pay to the Order of Mrs Alexander Brown & Lous
Fifteen thousand ------------------ Dollars,
to be placed to the general asc of the
Company when collected
A P Gorman
President Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
Countersigned
Benj. Fawcett
$15,000 Clerk and Treasurer
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