1866 Sullivan Erie Coal & R.R. Co. For Expenses Surveyor Wm.Mason Laporte, Pa.., US $2200 – Picture 0

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1866 Sullivan Erie Coal & R.r. Co. For Expenses Surveyor Wm.mason Laporte, Pa..

US $2200

Dover, Pennsylvania, United States
Mar 1st

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. Original 1866 Document of Itemized expenses for Surveyor William A. Mason, of Laporte, Pa. from the Sullivan & Erie Coal & Rail Road Co. Includes An "Axman For 2 Days $4.00." Historic and Interesting original 1866 Sullivan & Erie Coal & Rail Road Co. to Surveyor William A. Mason of Laporte, Pa. Concerning his expenses and wages for work. Excellent original condition. [ PARTIAL CONTENT ] "Sept. & Oct. To Surveying Coal Lands, Drafting and Copying Maps 17 1/2 Days $87.50, Wm. H. Deegan 2 Days Chain Carrying. $1.00, Jeremiah Deegan 8 Days. $16.00, John Hodgdon 6 days. $12.00, John Hoffa 2 Days. Axman $4.00, H.Y. Garrvington I Day $2.00, Wm. E. Deegan 5 Days. $10.00, Hack ??[Wagon?] $2.75. $138.25 [Plus ] Three Years & 8 Months interest $30.51 [Equals ] $168.76." "The Sullivan & Erie Coal & Rail Road Co., was incorporated by a special act of the State of Pennsylvania approved March 23, 1865. Power to construct, operate, and maintain a telegraph line from Laporte, Sullivan County, via Dushore, to Towanda, Bradford County. Later sold under foreclosure proceedings on November 14, 1874." [ About the Railroad from the internet From : .MORTGAGE OF SULLIVAN AND ERIE COAL AND RAILROAD CO. IN 1866 TO JOUHN A. STEWART, ESQ., TRUSTEE. ] "The Sullivan and Erie Coal and Railroad Company was incorporated by a Special Act of the Legislature of the State of Pennsylvania, approved March 23d, 1865. Power to construct, operate, and maintain a telegraph line from Laporte, Sullivan County, via Dushore, to Towanda, Bradford County. The exclusive right to construct and operate a single or double track railroad from the coal fields of Sullivan County, via Towanda, to any point on the Erie Railway, situate and lying between the Chemung and The Susquehanna Rivers. The right to construct branches or lateral roads to any point in the Counties of Bradford, Sullivan or Wyoming. [ About The Coal.] "The nature and character of the coal of this Company may be judged of from the analysis of Prof. Brush, who declares that the coal of the Sullivan and Erie Company, while semi-bituminous in its outward appearance, is really the purest anthracite coal ever mined in this country, being entirely free from sulphur or slate." The State Line and Sullivan was incorporated on December 2, 1874, under the general laws of the State of Pennsylvania, for the purpose of acquiring the franchises, rights, and property of the Sullivan and Erie Coal and Railroad Company, whose property had been sold under foreclosure proceedings on November 14, 1874. That company had been incorporated by a special act of the State of Pennsylvania approved March 23, 1865. NOTE: We have just acquired a very interesting and diverse collection of Early American Imprints ca. 1700's to 1900 including some inscribed, presentation and manuscript material, books and ephemera. We will be listing this Collection and other Rare Ephemera and Photographs throughout the month. Please revisit our auctions regularly to see our new listings. Free Shipping! Low Opening Bid, No Reserve, Free Shipping. NOTE; We guarantee all of the photographs or scans in this Auction are of the actual items being sold. NOTE: We guarantee the book in this auction is 149 Years Old, it is NOT a newer re-print or a CD. The photographs in this listing are of the actual item being sold. [ About Surveyor WILLIAM A. MASON From LAPORTE TOWNSHIP RootsWebb.] "William A. Mason, son of Eliphalet and Roxey (Fowler) Mason, was born at Towanda, PA, September 29, 1818. His parents were of sturdy New England stock, the ancestral line reaching back through prominent generations to the early days of colonial occupancy. Eliphalet Mason, himself, a native of Ashford, Connecticut, was born June 23, 1780. He was a man far in advance of his day, educated for the Presbyterian ministry; in early manhood he came to the new settlement of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in surveying first at Orwell, and soon after moving to Towanda; in 1821 he erected a grist-mill and sawmill near Monroeton. William A. Mason, the subject of this sketch, after a course in the Towanda academy, became a surveyor and civil engineer. In 1847 he was appointed one of the commissioners to define and set off the new county of Sullivan and in the same year he surveyed the site of Laporte. In 1848 he moved to Laporte, his residence, where his widow lives, being the second house erected in Laporte. Mr. Mason was resident engineer on the State Line & Sullivan railroad when it was built, and was chief engineer on the Williamsport & North Branch railroad until the time of his death. He was the first postmaster and justice of the peace of Laporte. In 1856 he was elected Associate Judge, and in 1881 he was elected county treasurer. Mr. Mason was identified with many of the business enterprises in the early history of the county. He died January 7, 1892. On September 20, 1841 Mr. Mason was married to Mary Angeline Cheney, a daughter of Abel and Priscilla (Washburn) Cheney. She was born at Cortland, NY, October 28, 1820. The Cheney ancestry reaches back to prominent English and Scotch families in New England. To Mr. and Mrs. Mason were born six children: ABOUT Surveyor WILLIAM A. MASON from ] "History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania by Thomas J. Ingham Compendium of Biography The Lewis Publishing Company Chicago: 1899" County Surveyors - 1850, William A. Mason; 1853, William A. Mason; 1856, John Persun; 1857, Benjamin L. Cheney; 1865, Job L. King; 1868, Job L. King;1875, Job L. King; 1881, Nathan Persun; 1882, Henry Swank. [ Also about WILLIAM A. MASON.] From At this time there were living at Laporte only six families, to wit: William A. Mason, William Fancher, John C. Wilson, Joseph B. Little, Alfred Bennett and Michael Meylert. SHIPPING ;...We are experienced sellers and pack each item with extreme care. So far we have never experienced any losses or damage. For customers outside the United States please contact me for shipping and handling charge. Please include eBay Numbers with orders.

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