Groton Railroad Papers

Archive

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Groton Public Library

Name/Title

Groton Railroad Papers

Entry/Object ID

2026.040.111

Scope and Content

Collection of shipping papers, receipts and bills of lading from the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. (c. 1870-1913), the New York, Providence & Boston Railroad Co. (1862 - 1890), the New London Northern Railroad Co. (1863-1878), the Adams Express Co. (1908-1915), the Norwich & Wooster Railroad Co. (1860s). Also includes a report of the board of directors of the Boston and Providence Railroad for the year ending November 30, 1867.

Context

The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. was formed through a merger of the New York and New Haven and Hartford and New Haven Railroads in 1872 and operated primarily in Southern New England. The line ran through Groton, CT. The New York, Providence & Boston Railroad Co. was a railway connecting Boston to Stonington, CT and steamship line connecting Stonington, CT to New York. In 1859, the company leased the New Haven, New London and Stonington Railroad, creating a line from Providence to New Haven with ferry service across the Thames and Connecticut Rivers. This line ran through Groton, CT. It was acquired by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. in 1892. The New London Northern Railroad was part of the Central Vermont Railway, connecting New London, CT and Brattleboro, VT. It succeeded the New London, Willimantic and Palmer Railroad in 1861. It was later consolidated with the Canadian National Railway and the New England Central Railroad.

Collection

Carol Kimball Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.040

Source or Donor

Carol Kimball

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bill of Lading

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Telegram

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Record, Shipping

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Receipt

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Administrative Records

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Financial Records

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

NY, NH & H RR

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1862 - 1913

Archive Size/Extent

1 folder

Provenance

Notes

Part of a collection of records collected by Carol Kimball during her tenure as the Town of Groton Historian; given to the Groton Historical Society following her death; stored for several years at the Avery Copp Museum; donated to the Groton Public Library 2026