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Title: Central Pacific Railroad shipping lists
Dates: Aug. 10, 1878, Aug. 13, 1878
Collection Number: MS 910
Creator/Collector:
Central Pacific Railroad
Extent: 3 lists in 1 folder
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: List of material shipped from San Francisco, California to Carson City, Nevada via Central Pacific Railroad on Aug. 10 and
Aug. 13, 1878.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff.
Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Library & Archives.
[Identification of item]. Central Pacific Railroad shipping lists. Collection Number: MS 910. California State Railroad Museum
Library and Archives
Acquired in 2011 from the City of Oakland Public Library.
Scope and Content of Collection
Includes three shipping lists for items shipped from San Francisco, California to Carson City, Nevada on August 10th and August
13, 1878 on train 9 of the Central Pacific Railroad. Shipment lists include dry goods, boots, baskets, masks and foodstuffs
including lobster, clams, oysters, caviar and nuts. The bill includes information about the freight rates, the car number,
the shippers and receivers. There are some Chinese names on the list of persons receiving the items.