Series II. Bound Volumes, circa 1833-1948, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
The series includes 375 bound and shelved volumes. Most of these are financial and transactional in nature ranging from the 1830s into the early 20th century, including captain's returns (cash collected by steamboat captains and turned over to the company agent), ledgers, cash books, journals, expense/revenue recapitulations, check books, outstanding (unpaid) bills, towing bills, bills of lading, and the like. There are several volumes of reports of passengers "landed and received," primarily from the 20th century. There are many volumes of letter books and letterpress copybooks. There are also various scrapbooks of clippings and of publicity material.
The container list includes an inventory of all volumes. However, when the inventory was taken, all volumes had been shrinkwrapped for off-site storage. Consequently, for the most part the inventory is not based on a review of the volume content but was based on any labeling visible on the spines, inventories taken at the time of donation, inferences, and other observations short of unwrapping all but a few of the volumes. Inaccuracies, especially in date ranges, are likely. The absence of a date range in the container list means that no dates were observed on the exterior of the shrinkwrapped volume.
Arrangement
In 2020, in preparing the bound volumes of the collection for off-site storage, each volume was given a sequence number (SN), which simply indicated the order of the volumes as found on the shelves. This finding aid presents the volumes in that same order, with reference to the sequence number. Related volumes were often found together on the shelves, but there was also a considerable degree of randomness that is reflected in the container list.
SS Alida. Captain's returns, 1867, inclusive
SS Alida. Captain's returns, 1862, inclusive
SS Alida. Captain's returns, 1857, inclusive
SS Alida. Captain's returns, 1866, inclusive
SS Alida. Captain's returns, 1868, inclusive
SS Alida. Captain's returns, 1869, inclusive
SS Alida. Captain's returns, 1858, inclusive
SS Alida. Captain's returns, 1863, inclusive
SS Alida. Captain's returns, 1861, inclusive
SS Alida. Captain's returns, 1864, inclusive
SS Alida. Captain's returns, 1865?, inclusive
SS Alida. Towing bills, 1857?, inclusive
SS Anna. Unpaid bills, 1855-1868?, inclusive
SS Anna. Record of collections, 1855-1856, inclusive
SS Anna. Record of collections?, 1857-1860?, inclusive
SS Anna. Captain's returns, 1864, inclusive
SS Anna. Captain's returns, 1866, inclusive
SS Anna. Captain's returns, 1862, inclusive
SS Anna. Captain's returns, 1868, inclusive
SS Anna. Captain's returns, 1865?, inclusive
SS Anna. Captain's returns, 1867, inclusive
SS Anna. Captain's returns, 1857, inclusive
SS Anna. Captain's returns, 1855, inclusive
SS Anna. Captain's returns, 1856, inclusive
SS Anna. Unidentified (Unpaid bills?), 1855-1868?, inclusive
SS Anna. Captain's returns, 1858, inclusive
SS Anna. Captain's returns, 1861, inclusive
SS Anna. Captain's returns, 1860, inclusive
SS Anna. Captain's returns, 1859, inclusive
SS Anna. Captain's returns, 1863, inclusive
SS Austin. Miscellaneous accounts, 1853, inclusive
SS Austin. Captain's returns, 1855, inclusive
SS Austin. Captain's returns, 1856, inclusive
SS Cayuga. Captain's returns., 1863, inclusive
SS Cayuga. Captain's returns., 1858, inclusive
SS Cayuga. Captain's returns., 1861, inclusive
SS Cayuga. Captain's returns., 1866, inclusive
SS Cayuga. Captain's returns., 1856, inclusive
SS Cayuga. Captain's returns., 1857, inclusive
SS Cayuga. Check stubs, 1857-1858, inclusive
SS Cayuga. Captain's returns., 1867, inclusive
SS Cayuga. Captain's returns., 1855, inclusive
Various steamboats. Towing, 1859, inclusive
SS Cayuga. Record of collections?, 1850s-1860s?, inclusive
SS Cayuga. Towing, 1851, inclusive
Various steamboats. Towing, 1859-1860, inclusive
SS Cayuga. Captain's returns., 1864, inclusive
SS Cayuga. Captain's returns., 1865, inclusive
SS Cayuga. Captain's returns., 1863?, inclusive
SS Cayuga. Captain's returns., 1868, inclusive
SS Commerce. Miscellaneous accounts, 1853-1856, inclusive
SS Commerce. Captain's returns, 1855, inclusive
SS E. Corning Jr. Record of collections, 1856-1859, inclusive
SS E. Corning Jr. Captain's returns, 1856, inclusive
SS Mercury. Captain's returns, 1857, inclusive
SS Mercury. Record of collections, 1857, inclusive
SS Mercury. Captain's returns, 1858, inclusive
SS Mercury. Captain's returns, 1859, inclusive
SS Ontario. Captain's returns, 1867, inclusive
SS Ontario. Captain's returns, 1863, inclusive
SS Ontario. Captain's returns, 1858, inclusive
SS Ontario. Captain's returns, 1857, inclusive
SS Ontario. Captain's returns, 1856, inclusive
SS Ontario. Captain's returns, 1864, inclusive
SS Ontario. Captain's returns, 1868, inclusive
SS Ontario. Captain's returns, 1862, inclusive
SS Ontario. Record of collections, 1856-1859, inclusive
SS Ontario. Captain's returns, 1861, inclusive
SS Ontario. Captain's returns, 1869, inclusive
SS Ontario. Towing bills, 1858?, inclusive
SS Ontario. Captain's returns, 1866, inclusive
SS Ontario. Captain's returns, 1865, inclusive
SS Oswego. Captain's returns, 1866, inclusive
SS Oswego. Towing, 1849, inclusive
SS Oswego. Ledger (expense/receipts), 1849, inclusive
SS Oswego. Record of collections?, 1853, inclusive
SS Oswego. Captain's returns, 1865, inclusive
SS Oswego. Unidentified, 1848-1849, inclusive
SS Oswego. Captain's returns, 1864, inclusive
SS Oswego. Captain's returns, 1858, inclusive
SS Oswego. Captain's returns, 1868, inclusive
SS Oswego. Captain's returns, 1867, inclusive
SS Oswego? Check stubs
SS Oswego. Captain's returns, 1861, inclusive
SS Oswego. Captain's returns, 1862, inclusive
SS Oswego. Captain's returns, 1857, inclusive
SS Oswego. Captain's returns, 1855, inclusive
SS Oswego. Captain's returns, 1856, inclusive
SS Schuyler. Captain's returns, 1866, inclusive
SS Schuyler. Captain's returns, 1865, inclusive
SS Schuyler and SS Seneca. Accounts, 1864, inclusive
SS Schuyler. Captain's returns, 1862, inclusive
SS Schuyler. Captain's returns, 1863, inclusive
SS Schuyler. Captain's returns, 1858, inclusive
SS Schuyler. Captain's returns, 1869, inclusive
SS Schuyler. Captain's returns, 1867, inclusive
SS Schuyler. Captain's returns, 1860, inclusive
SS Schuyler. Captain's returns, 1859, inclusive
SS Schuyler. Captain's returns, 1868, inclusive
SS Schuyler. Captain's returns, 1864, inclusive
SS Schuyler. Captain's returns, 1861, inclusive
SS Seneca. Captain's returns, 1866, inclusive
SS Seneca. Captain's returns, 1867, inclusive
SS Seneca. Captain's returns, 1868, inclusive
SS Seneca. Captain's returns, 1864, inclusive
SS Chauncey Vibbard? Passage book, 1867, inclusive
SS Mary Powell. Stock Book
SS Mary Powell. Passage reports, 1900-1901, inclusive
Letterpress copybook of Alfred White, 1864-1866, inclusive
Letters
Letterbook (Letters to Alfred Van Santvoord), 1862-1863, inclusive
Letterbook (Letters to Alfred Van Santvoord), 1863, inclusive
Letterbook (Letters to Alfred Van Santvoord), 1864, inclusive
Letterbook (Letters to Alfred Van Santvoord), 1865, inclusive
Letterbook (Letters to Alfred Van Santvoord), 1855, inclusive
Letterbook (Letters to Alfred Van Santvoord), 1855, inclusive
Letterbook (Letters to Alfred Van Santvoord), 1857-1859, inclusive
Letterbook (Letters to Alfred Van Santvoord)
Letterbook (Letters to Alfred Van Santvoord), 1857, inclusive
Letterbook (Letters to Alfred Van Santvoord), 1858, inclusive
Various steamboats. Miscellaneous accounts, 1850, 1860s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Besides accounts, includes a transcript of a financial agreement between the Hudson River Towing Association and the owners of the Cayuga and Oswego, with meeting notes related to the agreement (1850).
Recapitulation of receipts and expenses for various steamboats, 1861-1868, inclusive
Letters, to September 1855, inclusive
Letterpress copybook of Alfred Van Santvoord, 1862-1864, inclusive
Letters, 1883-1895, inclusive
Letters, 1869-1870, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #2. August 1895-March 1896, 1895-1896, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Sequence numbers 127-159 is a series of letterbooks numbered on the spine, with some gaps (#1, 11, 15, and 31 were not included in the original donation).
Letterpress copybook, Volume #3. March 1896-August 1896, 1896, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #4. August 1896-June 1897, 1896-1897, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #5. June 1897-May 1898, 1897-1898, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #6. May 1898-June 1899, 1898-1899, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #7. June 1899-May 1900, 1899-1900, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #8. May 1900-February 1901, 1900-1901, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #9. March 1901-September 1901, 1901, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #10. September 1901-1902?, 1901-1902?, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #12. March 1903-September 1903, 1903, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #13. September 1903-June 1904, 1903-1904, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #14. June 1904-March 1905, 1904-1905, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #16., 1905-1906?, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #17., 1906?, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #18., 1906?-1907?, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #19., 1907?, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #20. September 1907-April 1908, 1907-1908, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #21. April 1908-August 1908, 1908, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #22. August 1908-January 1909, 1908-1909, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #23. January 1909-June 1909, 1909, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #24. June 1909-September 1909, 1909, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #25. September 1909-March 1910, 1909-1910, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #26. March 1910-August 1910, 1910, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #27. August 1910-January 1911, 1910-1911, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #28. January 1911-July 1911, 1911, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #29. July 1911-October 1911, 1911, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #30. October 1911-May 1912, 1911-1912, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #32. October 1912-March 1913, 1912-1913, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #33. March 1913-July 1913, 1913, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #34. July 1913-May 1914, 1913-1914, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #35. May 1914-November 1914, 1914, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #36. November 1914-September 1915, 1914-1915, inclusive
Letterpress copybook, Volume #37. September 1915-January 1922, 1915-1922, inclusive
Letterpress copybook of the Hudson River Day Line, Albany Office, General Agent W.B. Elmendorf. June 1906-September 1907, 1906-1907, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Sequence numbers 160-170 and 172 comprise a set of letter books. There are gaps of missing dates that were not included in the original donation.
Letterpress copybook of the Hudson River Day Line, Albany Office, General Agent W.B. Elmendorf. June 1909-February 1910, 1909-1910, inclusive
Letterpress copybook of the Hudson River Day Line, Albany Office, General Agent W.B. Elmendorf. November 1905-November 1906, 1905-1906, inclusive
Letterpress copybook of the Hudson River Day Line, Albany Office, General Agent W.B. Elmendorf. November 1917-October 1918, 1917-1918, inclusive
Letterpress copybook of the Hudson River Day Line, Albany Office, General Agent W.B. Elmendorf. August 1913-May 1914, 1913-1914, inclusive
Letterpress copybook of the Hudson River Day Line, Albany Office, General Agent W.B. Elmendorf. September 1911-July 1912, 1911-1912, inclusive
Letterpress copybook of the Hudson River Day Line, Albany Office, General Agent W.B. Elmendorf. May 1914-September 1914, 1914, inclusive
Letterpress copybook of the Hudson River Day Line, Albany Office, General Agent W.B. Elmendorf. February 1910-August 1910, 1910, inclusive
Letterpress copybook of the Hudson River Day Line, Albany Office, General Agent W.B. Elmendorf. July 1912-April 1913, 1912-1913, inclusive
Letterpress copybook of the Hudson River Day Line, Albany Office, General Agent W.B. Elmendorf. April 1913-August 1913, 1913, inclusive
Letterpress copybook of the Hudson River Day Line, Albany Office, General Agent W.B. Elmendorf. July 1915?-November 1917, 1915?-1917, inclusive
Letter book of Hudson River Day Line Cashier., 1900?-1912, inclusive
Letterpress copybook of the Hudson River Day Line, Albany Office, General Agent W.B. Elmendorf. September 1914-May 1915, 1914-1915, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1921, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1922, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1923, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1924, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1925, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1926, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1927, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1928, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1929, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1930, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1931, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1932, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1933, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1934, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1935, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1936, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1939, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1940, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1941, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1942, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1943, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1944, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1945, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1937, inclusive
Landed and Received Reports, 1938, inclusive
Account book. Abram Van Santvoord re: Swiftsure Line, 1840-1844, inclusive
Ledger of Alfred Van Santvoord. April 1857-March 1861, 1857-1861, inclusive
Ledger, 1833-1845, inclusive
Ledger, 1833-1845, inclusive
Hudson River Steamboat Company. Journal, 1845-1869, inclusive
Cash book, 1882-1883, inclusive
Ledger of Alfred Van Santvoord. March 1861-March 1864, 1861-1864, inclusive
Ledger of Alfred Van Santvoord. March 1864-March 1866, 1864-1866, inclusive
Ledger of Alfred Van Santvoord. March 1866-March 1880, 1866-1880, inclusive
Unidentified (Ledger?)
Unidentified (Ledger?)
Ledger
Cash book of Alfred Van Santvoord, 1883-1901, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Sequence numbers 210-212 are a set of three cash books spanning 1883-1901. Sequence number 203 may be part of these as well.
Cash book of Alfred Van Santvoord, 1883-1901, inclusive
Cash book of Alfred Van Santvoord, 1883-1901, inclusive
Unidentified (Ledger?)
Ledger. Day Line Steamers, 1865-?, inclusive
Unidentified. (Ledger? Day Line Steamers?), 1860s-1870s?, inclusive
Ledger. Day Line Steamers, 1870s, inclusive
Ledger? Hudson River Day Line, 1879-1884?, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Sequence numbers 218-221 and 234-238, and possibly this number 217, are a set of 10 ledgers spanning 1879-1914.
General Ledger. Hudson River Day Line, 1885-1888, inclusive
General Ledger. Hudson River Day Line, 1889-1893, inclusive
General Ledger. Hudson River Day Line, 1894-1896, inclusive
General Ledger. Hudson River Day Line, 1897-1899?, inclusive
Uptows, from September 1856, 1856-?, inclusive
Uptows, to September 1856, ?-1856, inclusive
Coal accounts, 1855-1858, inclusive
Bills of lading for coal, ?-1868, inclusive
Bills of lading for coal, 1863-1864, inclusive
Bills of lading for coal, 1861-1862, inclusive
Bills of lading for coal, 1857-1858, inclusive
Scrapbook, circa 1903-1905, inclusive
Scrapbook?
Uptows, 1855, inclusive
Uptows, 1857, inclusive
Record of coal contracts, 1855-1869, inclusive
Ledger. Hudson River Day Line, 1900-1902?, inclusive
Ledger. Hudson River Day Line, 1903-1905?, inclusive
Ledger. Hudson River Day Line, 1906-1908?, inclusive
Ledger. Hudson River Day Line, 1909-1912?, inclusive
Ledger. Hudson River Day Line, 1913-1914?, inclusive
Cash book. Hudson River Day Line, 1890-1891?, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Sequence numbers 239-246 comprise a set of cash books. The donation included an additional cash book, which is likely one of the unidentified volumes in the container list. In total, the dates span 1882-83 and 1887-1909.
Cash book. Hudson River Day Line, 1892-1895?, inclusive
Cash book. Hudson River Day Line, 1896-1897?, inclusive
Cash book. Hudson River Day Line, 1898-1901?, inclusive
Cash book. Hudson River Day Line, 1902-1904?, inclusive
Cash book. Hudson River Day Line, 1905-1906?, inclusive
Cash book. Hudson River Day Line, 1907-1909?, inclusive
Cash book. Hudson River Day Line, 1887-1889?, inclusive
Day book. Hudson River Day Line, 1894-1896, inclusive
Ledger balances and trial balances. Hudson River Day Line, circa 1883-1917, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Sequence numbers 248, 250, and 251 comprise a set of three ledger/trial balances, spanning 1883-1917.
Alfred Van Santvoord account (payments on his personal account) with Hudson River Day Line, and Eben Olcott account, 1897-1900, inclusive
Ledger balances and trial balances. Hudson River Day Line, circa 1883-1917, inclusive
Ledger balances and trial balances. Hudson River Day Line, circa 1883-1917, inclusive
SS Austin. Collections & running expenses account book, 1853-1856, inclusive
Ledger. Mary Powell Steamship Company, 1910?, inclusive
Account. Eben Olcott, Mary Powell Steamship Company, People's Line, 1910-1911, inclusive
Ledger. Mary Powell Steamship Company, 1911?, inclusive
SS Chauncey Vibbard. Passage book., 1874-1876, inclusive
Estimates, 1856-1857, inclusive
SS Peter Stuyvesant. Bible
SS DeWitt Clinton. Bible
SS Chauncey M. Depew. Bible
Towing, 1858, inclusive
Downtows, 1861, inclusive
Downtows, 1865, inclusive
Downtows, 1863, inclusive
Downtows, 1864, inclusive
Downtows, 1858, inclusive
Checkbook, 1859-1861, inclusive
Checkbook, 1866-1867, inclusive
Checkbook, 1863-1865, inclusive
Checkbook
Checkbook
Checkbook, 1862-1866, inclusive
Checkbook, 1864-1866, inclusive
Checkbook
Downtows, 1856, inclusive
Unpaid bills, 1855, inclusive
Unpaid bills, 1858, inclusive
Unpaid bills, 1857, inclusive
Unpaid bills, 1855-1856, inclusive
SS E. Corning Jr. Unpaid bills
SS Mercury. Unpaid bills
Unidentified (Unpaid bills?)
Visitor's Register. Hudson-Fulton Celebration replica of "Clermont" (1 of 2), 1909, inclusive
Various steamboats, including Mary Powell. Summary of receipts, expenses, and passengers, 1860s-1875, inclusive
Accounts, 1865-1869, inclusive
Disbursements ledger, 1865, inclusive
New York returns, to September 1856, 1856, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The volumes labeled "New York returns" appear to refer, not to accounts or reports concerning the steamboat New York, but to journal entries of disbursements made on a daily basis from the New York office.
New York returns, 1858, inclusive
Cash book, 1900-1901, inclusive
Daily & weekly earnings book
SS Chauncey Vibbard. Passage reports, 1865, inclusive
Towing, 1859-1861, inclusive
Visitor's Register. Hudson-Fulton Celebration replica of "Clermont" (2 of 2), 1911-1912, inclusive
New York returns, 1867, inclusive
Petty cash account, 1858-1868, inclusive
Classification of expenses and other financial data, 1857-1860, inclusive
New York returns, 1854-1855, inclusive
Permits
Unidentified
Coal shipping receipts from Delaware & Hudson Canal Company, 1867-1867, inclusive
Unidentified (Checkbook?)
Various steamboats. Passage book, 1856, inclusive
Accounts, 1866-1867, inclusive
New York returns, 1859, inclusive
New York returns, 1855, inclusive
New York returns, 1863, inclusive
New York returns, from September 1857, 1857, inclusive
Cash book B. V.B.G. & Co.
Unidentified (account book?)
Unidentified (Shipping receipts?)
Unidentified (Receipts?)
New York returns, from September 1856, 1856, inclusive
New York returns, to September 1857, 1857, inclusive
New York returns, 1864, bulk
Barge Washington. Passage book, 1854, inclusive
Account book
Towing ledger, 1858, inclusive
Towing permits
Towing bills, 1850, inclusive
Towing ledger, 1855, inclusive
Towing ledger, 1857, inclusive
Downtows, 1856, inclusive
Downtows, 1862, inclusive
Downtows, 1855, inclusive
New York returns, 1862, inclusive
New York returns, 1861, inclusive
Scrapbook
Scrapbook. "The Launch of the Hendrick Hudson"
Scrapbook
Cash book, 1894-1899, inclusive
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Evening record for Hudson River Day Line at Albany, 1914-1928, inclusive
Passenger report, 1945-1948, inclusive
Scrapbook* #35
Scope and Contents
A few scrapbooks in oversize 20th century binders were numbered as 33-41, with gaps. Several other unnumbered scrapbooks were in similar binders, suggesting that they were part of a set. Each of these were marked with an asterisk by the archivist in the container list.
Scrapbook
Recapitulation of passenger counts, receipts, expenses, 1901-1902, inclusive
Minutes book. Mary Powell Steamboat Company, 1899-1918, inclusive
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Scrapbook
Boilers. Hudson River Day Line
Check stubs. Mary Powell Steamship Company, 1913-1919, inclusive
New York returns, 1866, inclusive
New York returns, 1867?, inclusive
Scrapbook
Passengers received and landed, 1902-1915?, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Sequence numbers 347-349 are a set of volumes with date span of about 1902-1915 and possibly into the 1920s.
Passengers received and landed, 1902-1915?, inclusive
Passengers received and landed, 1902-1915?, inclusive
Scrapbook*
Scrapbook*
Scrapbook* #41
Scrapbook* #37
Advertising Material, 1930s?, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Sequence numbers 354-357 are a set of 4 packets. Sequence 354 and 355 are unlabeled, but as they are packaged similarly to 356 and 357, which are labeled, these appear to be advertising/marketing material developed by the Wendell P. Colton Company.