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Joseph P. Webb Papers, 11-27 October 1873

Title: Joseph P. Webb Papers, 11-27 October 1873

ArchivalResource:

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=cw/viwc00099.xml View

Virginia. Board of Public Works. Annual reports of railroad companies, 1856-1876.

Title: Annual reports of railroad companies, 1856-1876.

These records contain annual reports of the following railroad companies: Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad (1870), Manassas Gap Railroad (1858), Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad (1859, 1870), North Western Virginia Railroad (1856), Richmond and Petersburg Railroad (1857, 1870), Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad (1870, 1871), Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad (1872), South Side Rail Road (1871), Virginia and Tennessee Railroad (1860, 1870), and Winchester and Strasburg Railroad (1876).

ArchivalResource: 14 v. (4 in)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244832709 View

Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company. Papers of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company, 1853-1859.

Title: Papers of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company, 1853-1859.

The collection contains business papers of the railroad and its agent John M. Preston, chiefly surveys of land damaged by the railroad. President John R. McDaniel is a correspondent.

ArchivalResource: 9 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34336551 View

Virginia. Board of Public Works. Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company records, 1836-1871.

Title: Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company records, 1836-1871.

Contains letters sent to the board, field notes, reports, lists of stockholders, certificates of stock subscriptions, petitions, and newspaper clippings.

ArchivalResource: 7 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/262835003 View

McDaniel, John Robinson, 1807-1877. Autobiographical notes of John Robinson McDaniel, n.d.

Title: Autobiographical notes of John Robinson McDaniel, n.d.

This collection contains autobiographical notes by John R. McDaniel and two newspaper editorials at the occasion of his death.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31253950 View

Slaughter Family. Collection, 1854-1969, 1854-1899.

Title: Collection, 1854-1969, 1854-1899.

4 account books of Charles Rice Slaughter; John Flaval Slaughter's account book relating to settling the estate of Samuel Garland (lived 1789-1861); school notebooks of Charles Alexander Slaughter from Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Va. (1873-1874), and from the University of Virginia (1876-1879); letter from Frank Huger, Petersburg, Va., 26 Dec. 1867, to John Flaval Slaughter about payment of taxes owed by the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad to the city of Lynchburg; 2 scrapbooks of Katherine Lightfoot Slaughter (1890's); generalogical notes about the Slaughter family; and other miscellaneous family papers.

ArchivalResource: 1 box; 6 volumes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29681006 View

Virginia. Board of Public Works. South Side Rail Road Company records, 1849-1869.

Title: South Side Rail Road Company records, 1849-1869.

Contains letters sent to the board, reports, certificates of stock subscriptions, and lists of stockholders.

ArchivalResource: 2 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/262690737 View

Hammet, James P. (James Preston), . 1832-1879. Accounts of James P. Preston, 1861-1865.

Title: Accounts of James P. Preston, 1861-1865.

Misc. records and accounts that Dr. Hammet entered in in January - May 1861 (ff. 1-21 v., 61-62); October 1862 - August 1863 (42-46, 49, 59, 66 v.) and July - November 1865 (ff. 22- 31 v, 40, 42, 46 v., 57-58) The entries list his patients' names, medicines and treatments administered, and fees received. Dr. Hammet's clientelle consisted mainly of local families and their slaves and employees of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company. The patients include John Wyn Davidson, Gabriel C. Wharton, "Capt. Ward No. 1 Hospital Camp case," "William, slave of Miss Virinia Allen," "Wyatt slave of Miss Lettinch hire to Bob Buchner," "Dick, slave of Col. Garnett," and others. At the end of the book (ff. 70 v. - 71), is a summary of the accounts of "D. Barnett" from July 1853 to Apr. 1859 and the 1860 accounts with the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company (f. 73 v.).

ArchivalResource: 76 leaves, 15 cm., bound pocket diary, in pencil.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/656160947 View

Blackford, W. W. (William Willis), 1831-1905. Correspondence of William Blackford and railroad map [manuscript], 1842-1958.

Title: Correspondence of William Blackford and railroad map [manuscript], 1842-1958.

14 letters composing the correspondence of William W. Blackford while residing in Bogota, Colombia, where his father, William M. Blackford, was serving as United States Charge d'Affaires; and a sketch of the floor plan of the U.S. legation in Bogota, dated 1842-1844. Also included is a Map and Profile of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad prepared by W.W. Blackford, dated 1856; and a letter from General George C. Marshall to James Baylor Blackford, 1958 January 22.

ArchivalResource: 17 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647988095 View

Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company. Return books of the Road Department, 1866-1867.

Title: Return books of the Road Department, 1866-1867.

Volumes, 1866-1867, include 16 page sections of printed forms filled in by the section masters and record inventories of tools, pay time records for wages, rations for laborers, materials transferred by rail, livestock killed by engines, and repair of road beds. The volumes were printed for the company by Johnson and Schaffter, a Lynchburg printing establishment.

ArchivalResource: 9 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32960253 View

Virginia. Board of Public Works. Mountain Lake and Salt Sulphur Springs Turnpike Company records, 1860.

Title: Mountain Lake and Salt Sulphur Springs Turnpike Company records, 1860.

These records contain letters sent, copy of act of Assembly, and a report.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/286913581 View

Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company Monthly Estimates Ledgers, 1850-1855

Title: Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company Monthly Estimates Ledgers, 1850-1855

ArchivalResource:

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi02733.xml View

Callaway and Willis. Duplicate letter book [manuscript], 1868-1870.

Title: Duplicate letter book [manuscript], 1868-1870.

"Duplicate Letter Book No. 1,:" Gogginsville, Franklin Co., Va., records entries for the buying and selling of general merchandise and produce, including tobacco, shipped by rail to Bick Lick (Roanoke) via the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647862650 View

Terry, John F. Letter for Major Henry Clinton Wood [manuscript], 1865 January 22.

Title: Letter for Major Henry Clinton Wood [manuscript], 1865 January 22.

Terry, a Lieutenant Colonel in the 37th Virginia Infantry Regiment, attests to railroad travel difficulties of Major Henry Clinton Wood caused by an enemy raid on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad and the service he has performed in Scott County.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647854309 View

Terry, John F. Letter : Bristol, Tenn., for Major Henry Clinton Wood, 1865 January 22.

Title: Letter : Bristol, Tenn., for Major Henry Clinton Wood, 1865 January 22.

Terry, a Lieutenant Colonel in the 37th Virginia Infantry Regiment, attests to railroad travel difficulties of Major Henry Clinton Wood caused by an enemy raid on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad and the service he has performed in Scott County.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34336565 View

Walker, Meriwether Lewis. Papers, 1809-1887.

Title: Papers, 1809-1887.

Papers of Meriwether Lewis, Thomas L. Walker, physician, and Peachy Harmer Gilmer, physician, residents of Albemarle and Campbell counties, Va. Collection consists largely of bills and receipts, including several relating to Gilmer's treatment of soldiers during the Mexican War, and several for the Petersburg (Va.) Female College and for Mrs. Mead's School, Richmond, Va. Correspondence makes references to Virginia politics; the Whigs and the Democrats; the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad; abolitionism; the iron industry in Virginia; financial success of Judith Page (Walker) Rives' "Christmas Eve;" industrial development and internal improvements in Lynchburg, Va.; the Texas legislature and governor, and the University of Texas; the curriculum at Petersburg Female College; health problems caused by tobacco manufacture; and railroads. Also included are an account and memorandum book, 1853-1879, and a sketch of the Charleston, S.C., defenses.

ArchivalResource: 818 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20460613 View

Virginia. Board of Public Works. Wilson Creek and South Fork Turnpike Company records, 1850-1861.

Title: Wilson Creek and South Fork Turnpike Company records, 1850-1861.

These records contain letters sent, reports, lists of stockholders, and certificates of stock subscriptions, for the period 1850, 1853-1856, 1858, 1860-1861.

ArchivalResource: 34 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122538629 View

Locher, Charles Hess, 1821-1889. Ledger for the James River Cement Works [manuscript], 1854-1879.

Title: Ledger for the James River Cement Works [manuscript], 1854-1879.

The volume contains accounts, 1854-1856, with the James River & Kanawha Canal Compnay; Charles Irving, editor of the Lynchburg Republican; the Farmer's Bank of Lynchburg; Phoenix Foundry; Daily Richmond Whig; Blue Ridge Railroad; James River & Kanawha Canal Co.; North River Navigation Company; James River Quarry; Virginia Central Railroad; Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company; Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad; Orange and Alexandria Railroad; York River Railroad; and the Virginia Military Institute. There are also pages of accounts for "Negroes" [no individual names] including labor, insurance and clothing, 1854, 1855, 1856. There is a separate account on page 38 for "Ned Hudson Free Negro." In 1878 and 1879 the last half of the volume was reused as a general store and family account book.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/776906781 View

Hale, Francis G. Civil War diaries of Francis G. Hale [manuscript], 1861-1864,

Title: Civil War diaries of Francis G. Hale [manuscript], 1861-1864,

Hale describes life in Camp Denison; transport down the Ohio River; life in West Virginia camps including illness, flooding, daily routine and interaction with civilians; work as hospital orderly; guerilla warfare against bushwhackers; foraging; scouting; Crook's expedition against the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad; Hunter's raid to Lynchburg; Of interest are very brief references to "snake hunters" in [West] Virginia clubbing any "secech" they find; hanging a civilian who shot at the soldiers and other incidents involving both friendly and hostile civilians; skirmishes at Chapmansville, Princeton and Fayetteville; expedition to the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad and the destruction at Wytheville; a drunken fight in Co. C. in which one soldier hit General A. N. Duffie; capture of Lewisburg; and hot springs.

ArchivalResource: 3 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647991016 View

Buford, John Quincy Adams. Papers : of John Quincy Adams Buford, 1844-1865.

Title: Papers : of John Quincy Adams Buford, 1844-1865.

The collection contains correspondence and financial papers of Buford who, as a partner in the firms of Buford and Mitchell and Buford and Strickland, supervised the building of the Southwest Virginia turnpike between Botetourt and the Tennessee border in 1848-1849, and of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad from Lynchburg west, 1851-1861. Most of the correspondence deals with hiring hands, and contracting for supplies. With these are check rolls for black and Irish workers, two contracts with the Irish Emigrant Society, turnpike specifications, and notebooks of expenses and cost account for each railroad section. Buford served as captain of Co. C of the 42nd Virginia Regiment. His war papers include medical discharges for company members, and letters about the provisioning of the company and the Valley campaign of 1861. Of interest is a letter from a cook at the University of Virginia soldiers' hospital.

ArchivalResource: 1 reel : positive ; 35 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30792959 View

William Mahone Papers, 1853-1895

Title: William Mahone Papers, 1853-1895

ArchivalResource: Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 110.9; Approximate number of items: 100,000; Shelf Location: 24 A-F

http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/mahone/ View

Trezevant, W. H. W.H. Trezevant papers, 1875-1891.

Title: W.H. Trezevant papers, 1875-1891.

The collection consists of papers of W.H. Trezevant from 1875-1891. The papers relate to his work as a railroad agent and include bills of lading and correspondence (1880-1891) pertaining to the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, the Virginia and Tennessee Air Line Railroad, and the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company. The collection also contains freight rates, printed materials on tariffs, way-bills, and a letter book (1875-1882) containing personal correspondence and correspondence relating to Trezevant's involvement with the Southern Railway and Steamship Association.

ArchivalResource: 11 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38477327 View

Hagley Museum and Library. Regional Economic History Research Center. Map project data files, Transportation in the Middle Atlantic States, 1750-1860.

Title: Map project data files, Transportation in the Middle Atlantic States, 1750-1860.

The Map Project Data Files include all the work undertaken by the project team, including much that was excluded from the final publication.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122397685 View

Brock Collection: Virginia railroads collection, 1828-1894.

Title: Brock Collection: Virginia railroads collection, 1828-1894.

Chiefly correspondence of the companies' officers and employees, with miscellaneous documents.

ArchivalResource: Approx. 2000 pieces.13 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122383340 View

Transportation in Virginia [manuscript], 1937 ca.

Title: Transportation in Virginia [manuscript], 1937 ca.

Typescript article summarizes a history of Virginia transportation from the colonial period to the 1930's, providing names of numerous railroad companies, some steamship companies, ferries motor companies, and aviation companies; major highways and waterways are noted as well as legislation dealing with transportation. An index and bibliography are included.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647873955 View

Virginia. Board of Public Works. Yellow Springs Turnpike Company records, 1853-1854.

Title: Yellow Springs Turnpike Company records, 1853-1854.

These records contain letters sent, reports, lists of stockholders, and certificates of stock subscriptions.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/300288539 View

Virginia. Board of Public Works. Saltville and Laurel Turnpike Company records, 1860.

Title: Saltville and Laurel Turnpike Company records, 1860.

These records contain letters sent.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/297542428 View

Butler, Mr., fl. 1649.,. Correspondence of J. J. Jusserand and Oscar Wilder Underwood and a Civil War receipt [manuscript], 1861, 1912-1954.

Title: Correspondence of J. J. Jusserand and Oscar Wilder Underwood and a Civil War receipt [manuscript], 1861, 1912-1954.

In a letter, 1912 January 17, Jusserand writes to Mr. Wadham that he is allowed to do as he pleases. There are also copies, 1974, of letters, 1922, between Warren G. Harding, and Oscar Wilder Underwood in which Harding wishes to appoint Underwood to the Supreme Court and the latter declines for reasons of health. There is also a copy, 1974, of a letter, 1954 Feb. 21, Charlottesville, Oscar Wilder Underwood to William Rogers answering questions about his father. The collection also contains a receipt, 1861 May 29, the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Co. at Saltville, Va. through agent Charles Campbell to Capt. Jones for 25 boxes of bacon to be sent to William Lewis Cabell.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647946340 View

Virginia. Board of Public Works. Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Railroad Company correspondence and records, 1870-1887.

Title: Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Railroad Company correspondence and records, 1870-1887.

Contains letters sent to the board, minutes of stockholders meetings, mortgage, and agreements.

ArchivalResource: 1 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122487802 View

Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company. Records, 1848-1871.

Title: Records, 1848-1871.

Stockholders' and directors' minutes (3 v., 1853-1871), draft stockholders' and directors' minutes (2 v., 1855-1857), memoranda book (ca. 1869), financial journals (17 v., 1848-1871), daybooks (8 v., 1855-1867), cashbook (1866-1868), ledgers (20 v., 1848-1871), contract ledgers (2 v., 1852-1867), bills payable and receivable (2 v., 1850-1868)), stock ledgers (5 v.), stock transfers (3 v.), bond book, Salt Works Branch mortgage interest coupons (1 v., 1857), letter book (1859-1869), contracts, bonds, annual reports (1852-1870), and other records.

ArchivalResource: .3 cubic ft. and 67 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28411836 View

Norfolk and Western Railroad Company. Records, 1880-1896.

Title: Records, 1880-1896.

Directors', stockholders', officers', and committee minutes (15 v.); indexes to minutes (4 v., 1883-1886); indexes to secretary's papers (1 v., 1881-1890); index to valuable papers (1881-1892); stock ledgers (13 v.); indexes to stock ledgers (5 v.); real estate ledgers showing property owned (3 v., 1881-1890); index to registered bonds; stock list of Atlantic, Mississippi, and Ohio Railroad, Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, Southside Railroad, and Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad (1880); register of common stock certificates returned (1881-1895); rolling stock records (3 v., 1886-1893); inventory and appraisal of equipment (1895); treasurer's letter books (91 v.); treasurer's statements (9 v., 1882-1896); treasurer's bank deposits (1 v., 1893-1894); treasurer's miscellaneous memoranda (2 v., 1886-1895); treasurer's newspaper clipping scrapbook; unclaimed wages (2 v., 1881-1888); advances on payroll (1895-1897); contract ledger (1881); construction expenditures (1 v., 1883-1887); sealed instruments (1 v., 1887-1896); register of recorded papers (1883-1891); arbitration correspondence (1 v., 1894); arbitration record books (4 v., 1894-1896); pass register (1884-1889); and catalog of map tracings and blueprints. Also includes executive correspondence, reports, subject files, and contracts, of George F. Tyler and Frederick J. Kimball (20 cubic ft.); indexes to letters (3 v., 1895-1896); scrapbooks of newspaper clippings (17 v., 1882-1893); receiver's records (3 v., 1895-1896); minutes of executive reorganization committee meetings (1 v., 1895-1896); and annual reports and other printed materials.

ArchivalResource: 60 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28409267 View