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Alabama. Railroad Commission. Letterbooks, 1881-1902.

Title: Letterbooks, 1881-1902.

The Railroad Commission functions to supervise and regulate railroads in Alabama. These records consist of letterbooks (also known as letterpress copybooks) containing copies of letters sent by the Railroad Commission. Each letterbook is about one inch thick and nine inches by twelve inches in measurement. Most of these letters are replies made to letters received. Appeals against railroads, matters cocnerning freight and passenger tariffs, requests for rulings by railroads on matters of regulations, railroad routes, railroad safety, and many other matters were discussed in these letters. Some of the companies detailed include: Alabama Central Railroad Company, Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, the Anniston and Cincinnati Railroad Company, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, Birmingham Mineral Railroad Company, Central of Georgia Railroad Company, East Alabama Railway, Georgia Pacific Company, Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad Company, L and N Railroad Company, Mobile and Girard Railroad Company, Mobile and Montgomery Railroad Company, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company, Montgomery and Eufaula Railroad Company, Montgomery and West Point Railroad Company, Nashville and Decatur Railroad Company, Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company, Selma and Greensboro Railroad Company, Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Company, South and North Alabama Railroad Company, Southern Railway Company, Talladega and Coosa Valley Railroad Company, Tennessee and Alabama Railroad Company, Western Railway of Alabama, Western Railroad of Alabama, and others.

ArchivalResource: 3 cubic ft. (3 records center cartons, each containing 5 to 7 letterbooks).

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