Central Pacific Railroad shipping lists

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Descriptive Summary

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

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item].

Central Pacific Railroad

shipping lists. Collection Number: MS 910. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Acquisition Information

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.