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Western and Atlantic Railroad - General Freight Agent - Way-Bills and Freight Manifests

 Series
Identifier: 018-07-062

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 freight way-bills, which include consolidated reports, have slightly different formats but generally show: date of period ending, date of stamp, number list, whether or not pre-paid, point of shipment, destination, total costs to W&A, total costs to other railroads, additional expenses, recapitulation at bottom of page, and agent's signature. These records are both daily and weekly forms and include Forms #6, #7, #8 and #11. Included also is a single "Copy of Abstract Ledger of Freight Way-Bills" for April, 1870 located in the front of Unit 4. The records of this series were created to help control the exchange of freight between the W&A and other railroads.

Dates

  • Created: 1869

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted

Extent

3.00 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement Note

The bound volumes are arranged chronologically by two distinct dates: a heading date and a column date which were generally several months apart. However, the arrangement of the volumes goes from the heading date to the column date. The unbound freight way-bills are arranged first numerically by form number, then alphabetically by station name on the W&A and thereunder chronologically by date of manifest.

Title
Western and Atlantic Railroad - General Freight Agent - Way-Bills and Freight Manifests
Author
Georgia Archives
Description rules
Local
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Georgia Archives Repository

Contact:
5800 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow GA 30260 United States