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This series consists of unbound communications to and from the General Freight Agent. Included are memorandums, incoming correspondence and some outgoing correspondence dealing principally with freight shipments and rates for different goods.

Scope and Contents This series consists of two bound Confederate Government Freight Journals containing entries of a special account for freight carried by the W&A for the Confederate military commands operating in Tennessee. The journals list: (1) an unidentifiable number (which may be a reference to a bill of lading), (2) the point of shipment, (3) destination, (4) consignor and consignee (who were generally high ranking officers), (5) the carrier, if any, who received the shipment for forwarding, (6)...

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This series consists of bound receipt stubs for cotton shipments made by the Western and Atlantic. The stubs show the: date, consignor, consignee, and any identifying marks on the bales. They do not indicate the origin or shipment point of the cotton. All the consignments were for Charleston, S.C. agents.

Scope and Contents This series, comprising the last half of a small volume titled "Skeleton Book", consists of a daily roster of skeleton trains in 1867. The rosters list: number and type of freight car, notation indicating whether the car was on the train during its departure and return, name of the locomotive, and verification of the conductor. The skeleton trains left a northern station, either Dalton or Chattanooga, and picked up empty cars en route and idle at sidings and returned them to the Atlanta car...

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This series consists of an unbound record of "foreign cars" (freight cars from other railroads) sent south through Chattanooga for use on the W&A. The records contain information on: date of departure, identification number of the car (regular and miscellaneous), type of freight car, receiving railroad, ultimate destination, when returned, and remarks. Also included is an unbound summary "State of Private Cars over the Western and Atlantic Railroad for November, 1870".

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This series consists of unbound freight car lists documenting the transfer of freight cars from the Macon and Western Railroad to the Western & Atlantic at Atlanta. Information includes: date of transfer, owner and character of car, car number, from/to destination, expenses, freight charges, and amount unpaid. The form was probably also used for other transfers from other roads at other connecting depots. Each list records a day's transfers.

Scope and Contents This series consists of a bound reference book containing freight rates and routing information which enabled the Master of Transportation and the General Freight Agent to quote consistent rates on the W&A and for "through" rates beyond. The volume contains: timetables, rate schedules, "through" tariffs from other railroads, correspondence to agents along the line concerning rate changes, and abstracts of excise tax and stamp duties. Notices on the rate changes and "through" tariff...

Scope and Contents This series consists of bound registers containing the records of freight received or shipped to and from stations along the line of the road of the Western & Atlantic and to connecting railroads. Typically, each volume contains: station where merchandise was shipped, freight car number, railroad owning the freight car, date of shipment, list number, point of shipment, destination, articles and quantities of each, container identification markings, consignor, consignee, measurement in...

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This series consists of unbound claims made against the Western & Atlantic by other carriers or shippers for losses, damages or overcharges. A typical claim shows the: shipper, carrier, origin, destination, date, description of freight, and money claimed. Included are vouchers, copies of way-bills and claim statements varying with each railroad. These were submitted to the General Freight Agent for approval for payment by the General Bookkeeper.

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This series consists of various unbound miscellaneous papers too minuscule in number to include in new and separate series.

Scope and Contents This series consists of the bound copies of outgoing correspondence of the General Freight Agent, whose major function was to set the rates of freight traffic for the railroad. His correspondence deals with: lowering rates to attract new business, overly competitive rates, local tariff barriers, reconciling way bills on shipments, settlement of overcharges with shippers and carriers, shipping delays which diminished the goodwill of shippers and other railroads, rates for commodities and...

Scope and Contents This series consists of bound records of way-bills and unbound manifests of freight way-bills for freight received from stations on the Western & Atlantic and connecting railroads and forwarded from or to Atlanta and stations on the W&A and beyond. The bound way-bills include: number of the way-bill, date of shipment (original date), date of bill (stamp date), point of origin, destination, receipt of goods by the W&A conductor, date of receipt, and remarks. The manifests of...