California Steam Navigation Co. Received Payment Receipt

Archive

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

California Steam Navigation Co. Received Payment Receipt

Entry/Object ID

A0236.3.02

Scope and Content

California Steam Navigation Company receipt for payment received in the amount of $5.25 from D & C Company to ship freight onboard the Steamship Senator, a vessel owned and operated by the California Steam Navigation Company Historic Note: California Steam Navigation Company began operations in 1854. Initially, the company provided limited ferry service in the harbor and rivers surrounding San Francisco. Once gold was discovered in British Columbia the company began to provide coastal service from San Francisco to Victoria and Puget Sound. [Newell, Gordan and Williamsom, Joe. Daily Alta California: Pacific Coastal Liners, 1959, The Maritime Heritage Project, "Shipping Lines: California Steam Navigation Company" [summary], 1998-2008. http://www.maritimeheritage.org/ships/shippingLines.html (accessed January 21, 2009).]

Collection

Historic Maritime Documents (18th - early 20th C) Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Receipt

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Financial Records

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1719 - 1999