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Fayetteville & Syracuse Railroad & Turnpike Company Toll gate registers

An inventory of the collection at Syracuse University

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Fayetteville & Syracuse Railroad & Turnpike Company.
Title: Fayetteville & Syracuse Railroad & Turnpike Company Toll gate registers
Inclusive Dates: 1870-1913
Quantity: 0.5 linear ft.
Abstract: Six volumes containing daily and monthly toll charges, some with users' names, exemptions, persons who pass free (various paging).
Language: English
Repository: Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
222 Waverly Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13244-2010
https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Fayetteville & Syracuse Railroad & Turnpike Company Toll gate registers consist of six daily and monthly registers of the company, dating from 1870-1913.

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Arrangement of the Collection

Registers are arranged chronologically by starting date.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Subject Headings

Corporate Bodies

Fayetteville & Syracuse Railroad & Turnpike Company.

Subjects

Railroads -- New York (State)
Toll roads -- New York (State)
Toll roads -- Statistics.

Places

Fayetteville (N.Y.)
Onondaga County (N.Y.)
Syracuse (N.Y.)

Genres and Forms

Registers.

Occupations

Transportation.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Fayetteville & Syracuse Railroad & Turnpike Company Toll gate registers
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Lyall D. and Linda E. Squair, 1993.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: [Summit record]
Date: Jan 1994
Revision history: 18 Jul 2007 - converted to EAD (MRC)

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Inventory

Toll gate registers
Box 1 [Volume 1] Daily register of tolls taken at Gate No. 1 Feb 1, 1870 to Dec 31, 1893
Box 1 [Volume 2] Monthly register of tolls paid (with users' names) Sep 1879 to 1884 (various paging)
Exemptions - special contracts
Residents living within one mile - 1/2 toll or 3/4 toll
Names of persons who pass free
Box 1 [Volume 3] Monthly register of tolls charged - Paid (with users' names) Nov 1881 to Jan 1895
Box 1 [Volume 4] Monthly register of tolls charged Jan 1894 to Apr 1913
Box 1 [Volume 5] Monthly register of tolls charged - Paid (with users' names) Jan 1895 to May 1913
Box 1 [Volume 6] Monthly register of tolls charged May 1895 to Sep 1907

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