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A guide to the California Transportation Company ledger, 1894-1903
HDC1614 (SAFR 21339)
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Title: California Transportation Company ledger
Date: 1894-1903
Identifier/Call Number: HDC1614 (SAFR 21339)
Creator/Collector:
California Transportation Company
Physical Description:
1 item
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The California Transportation Company ledger, 1894-1903, (SAFR 21339, HDC 1614) consists of one bound ledger of accounts of
business at river ports for steamers and barges owned by Captains A. Nelson and A. Anderson.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English.
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[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], HDC1614 (SAFR 21339), California Transportation Company ledger, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
SAFR-00001
This item was donated to San Francisco Maritime Museum, transferred to Golden Gate National Recreation Area in 1978 and transferred
to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in 1989.
Historical or Biographical Note
Agency History: The California Transportation Company was owned and operated by Captains A. E. Anderson and A. Nelson and
ran steamboats on the surrounding rivers of the San Francisco Bay. The California Transportation Company eventually merged
with the Sacramento Navigation Company and the Fay Transportation Company and became the River Lines Company. It is possible
that Captain A. E. Anderson is Arvid Anderson and Captain A. Nelson is Aksel Nelson.
The California Transportation Company ledger, 1894-1903, (SAFR 21339, HDC 1614) consists of one bound ledger of accounts of
business at river ports for steamers and barges owned by Captains A. Nelson and A. Anderson.
The ledger contains accounting information regarding the steamers: PRIDE OF THE RIVER, ONWARD, CONSTANCE, AURORA, SONOMA,
RELIEF, IPELTON, SANTA MONICA, ALVIA, ONISBO and the ECLIPSE; barges: ORIENT, CENTENNIAL, STOCKTON, MANILLA, BESSIE, MINNIE,
ANNA, YUKON, and the dredge RYDE. Other accounting details include stockholder names, property, cash, expenses, gains and
losses, repairs, shipyard construction at Wood Island, and transactions for the following wharfs: Brannon, Grand Island, Isleton,
Martinez, Rio Vista, and Walnut Grove, along with Walkers, Terminous and Duttons landings. The collection has been processed
to the collection level and is open for use without restrictions.
This collection consists of one bound ledger.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Riverboats
Anderson, Arvid, Captain
Nelsen, Aksel
California Transportation Company
California
Ledgers (account books)
Administrative records
Captain
Administrative records