Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Northern New York Telegraph and Telephone Company Records
Northern New York Telegraph and Telephone Company
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Electricity and Modern Physics
Sawyer, Alfred P. (Secretary and Treasurer of the Northern New York Telegraph and Telephone Company)
NMAH.AC.0099
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0.3 Cubic feet
2 boxes
1881-1887
English
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Scope and Contents
Primarily incoming correspondence to Alfred P. Sawyer of Concord, Massachusetts, Secretary and Treasurer of the Northern New York Telegraph and Telephone Company in Plattsburg, concerning routine activities of the Company. For a time he was stationed in Lowell, Massachusetts, until he resigned in 1887.
Preferred Citation
Northern New York Telegraph and Telephone Company Records, 1881-1887, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Other Finding Aids
Inventory available; contact the Archives Center for more information.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Robert Harding, 1981
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was purchased from Walter Grossman in 1980.
Custodial History
Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Electricity (now Division of Work and Industry), March 30, 1984.
Historical
These records consist primarily of incoming correspondence, 1881-1887, to Alfred P. Sawyer, Secretary and Treasurer of the Northern New York Telegraph and Telephone Company in Plattsburgh, New York. The correspondence deals with routine activities of the company.
Correspondence -- 1930-1950
Office practice
telephone
Telegraph
Concord (Mass.)
Plattsburg (Mass.)
Lowell (Mass.)
Northern New York Telegraph and Telephone Company
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Electricity and Modern Physics
Correspondence
Series 1
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1881 - 1887
188? and undated
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NET & T Company in house instruments
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Manhattan Electrical Supply Company, descriptive pamphlet, electrical telephones price list
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August 14, 1881
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4
December 1, 1881
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5
August 1, 1885 to October 10, 1885
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6
October 13, 1885 to December 24, 1885
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7
January 2, 1886 to March 23, 1886
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8
March 29, 1886 to September 7, 1886
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9
September 8, 1886 to December 15, 1886
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10
January 3, 1887 to April 29, 1887
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May 2, 1877 to June 29, 1887
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July 1877 to August 31, 1877
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September 1, 1877 to October 31, 1877
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4
November 1, 1877 to December 18, 1887
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5