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Catalog Number/Object ID |
2009-100-1No3.15 |
Object Name |
Folders (containers) |
Title |
Boston & Maine R.R. Freight House Closing 1933 |
Caption of Image |
C. of C. Letter protesting closing of freight service |
Scope & Content/Description |
This folder, labeled "Boston & Maine R.R., Freight House Closing, 1933," contains the following: 1. Empty business size envelope with the handwritten heading, "1933 B&M Freight House Closing." 2. Copy of letter from "Clerk" to J.W. Smith, Vice-President and General Manager of Boston & Maine Railroad, Boston, September 14, 1933, enclosing a letter from the selectmen regarding the closing of the B&M Railroad. 3. Letter from Jonathan E. Steel, President of Marblehead Chamber of Commerce, to the Board of Selectmen, September 11, 1933, protesting the closing of the Marblehead Freight Office. 4. Copy of a letter from "Clerk" to J.W. Smith, General Manager of B&M Railroad, May 4, 1933, regarding closing of the freight office. 5. Letter from J.W. Smith, Vice-President and General Manager of B&M Railroad, to Malcolm L. Bell, Chairman of Board of Selectmen, Marblehead, May 8, 1933, regarding why closing the freight office is necessary. 6. Letter from J.W. Smith, B&M Railroad, to Malcolm L. Bell, Chair of Selectmen, July 13, 1933, regarding closing of freight office. 7. Letter from J.W. Smith, B&M Railroad, to Malcolm L. Bell, Chair of Selectmen, September 1, 1933, regarding decline in revenue from freight office. 8. Copy of letter from "Clerk" to J.W. Smith, V.P. of B&M Railroad, September 7, 1933, regarding closing of freight office. 9. Copy of letter from "Clerk" to Marblehead Chamber of Commerce, September 7, 1933, relative to closing the freight office. 10. Letter from W.E. Barrett, Superintendent of B&M Railroad, to "Boston and Maine Freight Patrons of Marblehead Station," April 26, 1933, announcing its contemplated closing of freight station. |
Subjects |
Railroad companies Railroad facilities Railroad stations Railroads |
Year Range from |
1933 |
Year Range to |
1933 |
Catalog date |
2022-10-04 |
People |
Adams, John T. Barrett, W.E. Bell, Malcolm L. Brackett, G. Paul Canniffe, James E. Cole, Richard T. Damon, Chester C. Doane, Ernest S. Farrell, Edward W. Haley, Edward T. Hamson, Robert B. Martin, W. Gerry McNulty, Thomas A. Osborne, F. Norris Parker, Frances A. Peach, Gordon E. Regan, John D. Rose, Robert W. Smith J.W. Steele, Jonathan E. |
Search Terms |
Old Town records |
Lexicon category |
10: Unclassifiable Artifacts |
Lexicon sub-category |
Need to Classify |
Collection |
Gosling Collection |
Condition |
Good |
Condition Notes |
Some rust marks from paper clips. |