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This series consists of a bound volume containing registers of bonds. Included are the sale of 7% North Eastern Railroad Bonds endorsed by the governor on behalf of the state on January 19, 1878; the sale of 4% State of Georgia Bonds involved in the sale of the Macon & Brunswick Railroad in 1880 and the sale of 4 1/2% State of Georgia Bonds on July, 1885, under authority of the General Assembly Act of December 23, 1884.

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1946 - 1956, Atlantic Northern Lines thru Griffin Motor; 1948 - 1957, Hardage Bus Lines thru Shannon

Scope and Contents This series consists of two volumes recording the amount of freight and passage for the steamships Mary Byrd and Resaca. Volume 1, for the Mary Byrd, has the freight and passage entries beginning about the middle of the book. A general heading contains trip number, debit and credit columns. Under this heading is listed (1) date, (2) transaction, (3) amount and (4) total. Volume 2, for the Resaca, is formatted on two pages. A general heading contains (1) trip number, (2) originating station,...

Scope and Contents This series consists of an artificial collection of bound and unbound records accumulated by the Georgia Railroad Commission, the Office of the Governor or an agent of the General Assembly and its investigative committees for their reference or otherwise unidentified. The records include (1) correspondence, (2) accounting forms, (3) reports, (4) petitions, (5) copies of bills for reference and (6) a freight journal. Some of the reports deal with railroads aided by the State especially for...

Scope and Contents This series consists of bound ledgers and journals containing records of the sale of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad and records of the International Railroad & Steamship Company of Florida. This series, fragmentary in itself, should be used with Series 6, Transportation Division's Railroad Minute Books, Series 8, Transportation Division's Railroad Letterbooks, and Series 17, Unbound Macon and Brunswick Railroad Sale Records, when researching the sale of the Macon and Brunswick...

Scope and Contents This series consists of unbound records pertaining to the sale of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad. The records include reports of special legislative committees assigned to the railroad, a copy of the act authorizing the sale of the road, reports of the board of directors of the road and a report of the receiver of the railroad. The Macon and Brunswick Railroad was placed on sale in 1875 because of bankruptcy and sold in 1880 for the sum of $1,125,000. The sale of the Macon and Brunswick...

Scope and Contents This series consists of minute books containing information concerning the International Railroad & Steamship Company of Florida, the Macon & Brunswick Railroad and the New York, Florida and Havanna Construction Company. A random sample of the topics discussed at the meetings of these companies includes incorporation of the various railroads, contracts for the construction thereof, shares of stock to be issued, the establishment of by-laws, resignations and elections of officials of...

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This series consists of bound and unbound records too minuscule in number to include in new and separate series. The records concern the Central Railroad & Banking Company, the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad and the North and South Railroad. Included are a copy of a lease, a time table, a checkbook with stubs, an affidavit and several reports on earnings.

Scope and Contents Included in this series are annual financial statements of railroad companies operating in Georgia. Also included are reports of express companies that originally used the rails for delivery of freight, but there are only a few of these companies. Prior to 1924, annual reports for street railway companies are included. Boxes numbered with the letter A were discovered during the Shelf Inventory Project of 1993. Each report is divided into two parts: (1) data on the entire company...

Scope and Contents This series consists of bound letterbooks containing records concerning the Georgia Railroad & Banking Company, the Macon & Brunswick Railroad and the Rome Railroad. The Georgia Railroad & Banking Company's letterbooks consist of bills, correspondence and invoices created by the auditor of that company. The Macon and Brunswick Railroad's letterbooks consist of correspondence concerning the sale of that railroad. The Rome Railroad's letterbooks contain correspondence signed by the...

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This series contains (1) general correspondence, (2) hearing dockets, (3) disposition of applications, (4) records of hearings and (5) related documents. These files relate to different commodities shipped intrastate in Georgia by Class A and Class B carriers and the regulation and the setting of rates thereof.

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This series consists of two bound volumes recording the passengers carried on the steamships Resaca and Mary Byrd. The volumes are formatted under the headings "Gentlemen", "Ladies" and 'Way" into (1) type of compartment, (2) passengers' name, (3) embarkation, (4) destination and (5) amount. The volumes lack an index. Volume 1 of the Mary Byrd also contains a cash statement dated April - May, 1870.

Scope and Contents This series consists of two bound volumes and a single unbound statement of cash receipts for the steamships Resaca and Mary Byrd on each trip up the Tennessee River. The volumes and the statement record entries for (1) freight, (2) passage, (3) fuel expenses, (4) salaries, (5) stores, (6) miscellaneous expenses and (7) sundries. Volume 1 of the Mary Byrd also contains Series 5, Transportation Division's Steamship Portage Books, and Series 24, Transportation Division's Steamship Freight and...

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This series consists of two bound volumes that record the fuel consumed by the steamships Resaca and Mary Byrd. The information contained records (1) date of purchase, (2) woodyard, (3) cords of wood, (4) bushels of coal, (5) rate, (6) amount and (7) acknowledgement of payment.

Scope and Contents Though different in format, the volumes generally list (1) the name of payee, (2) occupation, (3) term of service, (4) days worked, (5) monthly rate, (6) daily rate, (7) total wages and (8) total for entry into the cash books, Series 22. Some of the volumes have an index, some do not. Volume 1 (see 17-2-22 and 17-2-24) of the Mary Byrd also shares space with Series 22, Bound and Unbound Transportation Division's Steamship Cash Books and Statement and Series 24, Bound...

Scope and Contents This series consists of two small bound volumes containing the Western & Atlantic Railroad Commissioners' reports describing in detail and giving full value to all property of the Western & Atlantic Railroad as it was leased out by the State of Georgia over a twenty year period. The inventories, compiled in 1870 and 1890, list all (1) buildings, (2) real estate, (3) stationery, (4) tracks, (5) iron, (6) condition of road bed, (7) bridges, (8) culverts, (9) station houses, (10)...

Scope and Contents This series consists of a single small volume of the cases made against the State of Georgia (Lessor) by the Western & Atlantic Railroad Company (Lessee) along with the findings and judgments of the Western & Atlantic Railroad Commission concerning the following three basic claims: (1) That the State of Georgia owes the Western & Atlantic Railroad Company for the betterments the Company made to the real estate and machinery of the railroad and that the Western & Atlantic...