Manuscripts

p LOCAL TICKETS. Local one-way card tickets, sold, used and taken up

Description: The collection consists of materials related to railroads built in Nevada and eastern California in connection with the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada, and other mining booms in Nevada and California (mainly in the period from 1870-1890). Subjects in the collection include not only the railroad and mining industries but also the lumber industry.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1878.
Call number: mssNevadar
Provenance: Purchased from H. A. Levinson, February 27, 1963.; Purchased from Yale Brown, May 16, 1963.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

(21) Reports of tickets sold by other railroads, mostly emigrant tickets to Virginia City, some accompanied by the original tickets signed by the passenger and taken up after passage. Also bills for currency from D. A. Bender & Co. and other records

Manuscripts

The collection consists of materials related to railroads built in Nevada and eastern California in connection with the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada, and other mining booms in Nevada and California (mainly in the period from 1870-1890). Subjects in the collection include not only the railroad and mining industries but also the lumber industry.

mssNevadar

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