Union Company records
Scope and Content
Included are records of directors’ meetings, accounts, financial records, checkbook stubs, stock book ledgers, and receipt books.
Dates
- 1801-1862
Language of Materials
The records are in English.
Restrictions on Access
Restrictions on Use
See the Reproduction and Publications of State Library Collections policy.
Historical Note
The Union Company was incorporated in 1800 to clear a channel in the Connecticut River from Hartford to Long Island Sound. After the channel was cleared, the Company was allowed to collect tolls from vessels using the river.
Extent
1.25 cubic feet
Abstract
The Union Company was incorporated in 1800 to clear a channel in the Connecticut River from Hartford to Long Island Sound. After the channel was cleared, the Company was allowed to collect tolls from vessels using the river.
Provence
Accessioned by the Connecticut State Library on May 19, 1944. The records were transferred from RG 069 on December 4, 1975.
- Checkbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Connecticut River -- Navigation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Hartford (Conn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Inland water transportation -- Transit charges -- Connecticut Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Journals (accounts) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Ledgers (account books) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Minutes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Receipts (financial records) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Tolls -- Connecticut Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Union Company (Hartford, Conn.) -- Records and correspondence Subject Source: Local sources
- Title
- RG 135, The Union Company, Hartford, Connecticut
- Subtitle
- Inventory of Records
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Connecticut State Library staff.
- Date
- 2009
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Connecticut State Library Repository
