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Sheet
R Ste. Genevieve Telephone Company.
339 Papers, 1899‑1906.
Eight
folders.
These are bills for various goods and
services rendered to the Ste. Genevieve Telephone Company. John Tlapek and Henry L. Rozier organized the
company, which later became part of the
The papers of the Ste. Genevieve
Telephone Company were found pasted in an account ledger in the banking and
mercantile records of the Rozier family.
The papers were removed from the ledger for separate cataloging. The items are arranged chronologically. An index to the collection is available.
The telephone company papers consist
almost entirely of bills submitted to the firm.
The bills evidence the construction of new lines as well as maintenance
and repair of existing lines. The company appears to have purchased most of its
wire, insulators, and transmission equipment from the American Electric
Telephone Company of
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