Manuscript Register [Stub Book] from the Maine Western Union Telegraph Company
by Western Union
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good to Very Good
- Seller
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Houlton, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Maine: Original Manuscript Book, 1875 1875-1876. Being the records of the Western Union Telegraph Company, with the stubs recording dates, who the message was addressed to, and the message sent. Includes *Oct. 6, 1875: To Capt. Henry Rice in Hampden / Will you be here today / shipper anxious to unload off / answer. *Nov. 3, 1875: To Perkins & Job / Best offer Brick and Lumber / fifty five per thousand gold. *To JS Emery in Boston: Close Banks / spruce boards from wharf Palmer's Mill / Fall River / three dollars / no danger of ice / answer. *To Boardman Bros: T. Field will board at Bangor for Providence / three dollars. *May 16, 1876: J. S. Emery / Cannot offer anything today / Mills not at work / river high. *May 26, 1876 / To Capt.Wm McKay in Camden / Do not know of any one that will buy today. *June 28, 1876 / to A. R. Buck / Can sell your ice for fifty / delivered + weighed in New York / responsible parties. This being a partial sampling of entries. Bound in half cloth and paper over boards, with binding and hinges tight. Paper on covers show some chips and peeling. 5-1/4 inches tall by 3-1/8 inches wide.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Monroe Bridge Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006209
- Title
- Manuscript Register [Stub Book] from the Maine Western Union Telegraph Company
- Author
- Western Union
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good to Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Original Manuscript Book
- Place of Publication
- Maine
- Date Published
- 1875
- Keywords
- Maine Western Union Register Book Manuscript
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY; RARE AND SCARCE; AUTO / TRANSPORTATION;
- Size
- 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall
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Monroe Bridge Books
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Houlton, Maine
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