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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

Mason, J. M. (James Murray), 1798-1871. Correspondence and financial records of Nicholas Hooper and George Wright [manuscript] 1759-1896.

Title: Correspondence and financial records of Nicholas Hooper and George Wright [manuscript] 1759-1896.

Including 2 daybooks, 1824-27, and 1831-36; account books of sale of estate of Christian Hull, 1832; and papers relating to the estate of Jacob Weaver. Also papers chiefly 1830-50, of George Wright, Middletown wheat machine manufacturer including indentures, bills, shipping receipts of the Winchester and Potomac Railroad; letters of Arthur & Miller, Union Forge; Arthur & Sterrett, and J.W. Arthur, Columbia Furnace; Bejamin Blackford, Isabella Furnace; Butler & Wright, Middletown merchants; Hupp & Machir, Winchester, Virginia millers; Kline & Wright, Middletown merchants whose records give shipping rates, 1837-38, and John Slaughter. Other items include a letter, James Murray Mason to Samuel Kercheval, 21 May 1838, on price and demand for manganese, execution book 1785-90, of District Court at Winchester kept by John Kercheval, court clerk; bond, 10 Aug. 1759, Alexander McDonald to Mathias Bush; deed, 15 March 1786, Denny Fairfax to John Ghemp (Camp); agreement, 28 Dec. 1764, J.C. Daniel, for sale of his tenements in York, England; deed of manumission, December 1799, for Rachall Smith, slave of Nicholas Hooper; and widow's pension, 29 July 1848, of Christina Sperry, widow of Jacob Sperry.

ArchivalResource: 307 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647950756 View

Virginia. Board of Public Works. Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company records, 1831-1879.

Title: Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company records, 1831-1879.

Contains letters sent to the board, reports, lists of stockholders, petitions, and newspaper clippings.

ArchivalResource: 5 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/262972250 View

Norfleet, William J., 1885-. Papers, 1934-1955.

Title: Papers, 1934-1955.

Papers, 1934-1955, of William J. Norfleet (b. 1885) of Bethesda, Maryland. Includes research files on Amelia County, research files on railroads, and personal files. The Amelia County Research Files include information on a variety of topics related to the county's history and its people. They contain abstracts relating to Amelia County from the Acts of Assembly, Calendar of Virginia State Papers, Journals of the House of Burgesses and House of Delegates, legislative petitions, various order books, and newspapers. Also included is information on the county's churches, various families, notable individuals, landmarks, post roads and mail service, Revolutionary and Confederate soldiers, county formation and boundaries and other topics. Of particular note in this series is information on Lewis E. Harvie (1809-1887) written by his son Edwin J. Harvie (1835-1911), genealogical notes on the Norfleet family compiled by Matilda Augusta Norfleet, and Bible records of the Burfoot and Tucker families. The Railroad Research Files contain clippings, correspondence, information on early railroads in the United States and Virginia, and files relating to specific railroad companies. There is a substantial amount of information concerning the Winchester and Potomac Railroad. The Personal Files include clippings, correspondence, personnel files, a few photographs, and miscellaneous material. Much of the information in this series relates to Norfleet's career with the Federal Communications Commission.

ArchivalResource: 1.8 cu. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/314386971 View