Merchant's Despatch Transportation Company Records
name: label: Donor
content: Merchants Despatch Transportation Company
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.).  Division of Transportation
topic: label: Topic
content: Freight and freightage
label: Topic
content: Transportation
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Merchant's Despatch Transportation Corporation, through Philip W. Allen, 2000.
creator: label: Donor
content: Merchants Despatch Transportation Company
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content: Merchant's Despatch Transportation Company Records
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents the Merchant's Despatch Transportation Company, an express railway service.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.75 Cubic feet (6 boxes and 1 folder )
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1880s
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work & Industry in June 2022.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1579
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is unarranged.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Collection consists of photographs, business documents, blueprint and packing crate labels documenting the Merchant's Despatch Transportation Company, an express railway service.