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Interborough Rapid Transit Company superintendent's journals

Call Number

BV Merritt, Abraham Lincoln

Date

1909, 1915–1916, inclusive

Creator

Merritt, Abraham Lincoln, 1860-1950

Extent

3 volume(s)

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

Journals kept 1909, 1915, and 1916 by Abraham Lincoln Merritt as superintendent of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (I.R.T.), the original private operator of the New York City subway system. Merritt became superintendent of the I.R.T. in 1904, shortly before the opening of the company's original underground line on 27 October, and held that position until his retirement in 1940. To request this item for research, and for fuller details about it, please read its catalog record, or write to manuscripts@nyhistory.org.

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Repository

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