1896 Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Final Pay Voucher Pennsylvania-image
1896 Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Final Pay Voucher Pennsylvania-image

1896 Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Final Pay Voucher Pennsylvania

$ 10.56

Exact Item: Pay Voucher State: Pennsylvania nan: nan Document Type: Financial Document Company: Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Handmade: No Year: 1896 Country of Origin: nan

Description

This is an original 1896 final pay voucher from The Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Company, issued from its Office of the General Superintendent in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, on August 31, 1896. The pre-printed form, bearing the document number 1092 in red ink, is addressed to Treasurer Allen D. Hoffer and authorizes the final payment of thirty-six dollars and twenty-five cents to the bearer, Edward Mathews, who had "left the employ of this company." The voucher is completed in a formal 19th-century cursive hand, filling in the employee's name, the exact sum in both numerical and written form, and the date, and is officially signed by General Superintendent A. D. Smith. The reverse side features a clear, contemporaneous circular date stamp in red ink from the same office, reinforcing the document's authenticity, along with additional manuscript notations including the name "Edwin Mathews" and the phrase "his paper," suggesting this was the employee's personal copy of the financial record. As a piece of Pennsylvania industrial and labor history, this railroad ephemera provides a tangible link to the administrative machinery of the late Gilded Age. The Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad was a critical short-line carrier, primarily transporting iron ore from the famed Cornwall Mines to furnaces in Lebanon, making this voucher a direct artifact of that regional industrial ecosystem. The specified amount of $36.25 represents a substantial final settlement for a laborer or tradesman in 1896, offering insight into period wages and corporate accounting practices. The document's physical characteristics, including its age-toned paper, minor edge tears, and clear vertical filing folds, are consistent with its age and functional use within a railroad company's treasury department. This final pay slip serves as a concise record of a single employment transaction, yet effectively documents the formalized processes of personnel management and financial settlement within a major 19th-century American industry.

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