Green Mountain Telegraph Company, Peru (Vt.) Office record book, 1880-1897

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Creator:: Green Mountain Telegraph Company
Abstract:: This volume is a record of telegraphs sent from and received at the Peru, Vermont, Office of the Green Mountain Telegraph Company between July 1880 and May 1897. The custom-printed pages have tables for recording data about each telegraph. The columns are headed Names Officers, Address, To What Place, Signature, From What Place, No. of Words, Local Cash, and information about office receipts, checks, and other lines. Each page documents a month's activities and J. E. McNaughton, W. E. L. Walker, E. G. Bacon, or other managers signed accounts as they were settled, typically in the weeks after the end of the month.
Extent:: 1 volume
Language:: English
Authors:: Collection processed and finding aid created by Cheney J. Schopieray, October 2024

Scope and Content:: This volume is a record of telegraphs sent from and received at the Peru, Vermont, Office of the Green Mountain Telegraph Company between July 1880 and May 1897. The custom-printed pages have tables for recording data about each telegraph. The columns are headed Names Officers, Address, To What Place, Signature, From What Place, No. of Words, Local Cash, and information about office receipts, checks, and other lines. Each page documents a month's activities and J. E. McNaughton, W. E. L. Walker, E. G. Bacon, or other managers signed accounts as they were settled, typically in the weeks after the end of the month.
Biographical / Historical:: No additional historical or biographical information is available for this finding aid.
Acquisition Information:: 2024. M-8309 .
Arrangement:: The collection is a single bound volume.
Rules or Conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)