Richmond and Danville Railroad Company

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Incorporated in Virginia in 1847; main line opened in 1856 from Richmond to Danville, Va. (140 miles); grew through purchase, lease, and other means to 3300 miles of railroad by 1890; controlled by Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse Company (1886-1894); reorganized as Southern Railway Company in 1894.

From the description of Records, 1847-1894. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28410076

Stem (Granville Co.), N.C. railroad company.

From the description of Rent book, 1897-1909. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36437756
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Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Wooding, Harry, 1844-1938. Sketch of Danville, Va., 1852-1892 [manuscript], n.d. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Piedmont Railroad Company. Records, 1862-1895. Virginia Tech
creatorOf Haskell, John Cheves, 1841-1906. Letter book, 1888-1889. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
referencedIn McGowan, Samuel, 1870-1934. Samuel McGowan (1870-1934) papers, 1891-1929. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
referencedIn North Carolina Railroad Company. Records, 1849-1891. Virginia Tech
referencedIn Northwestern North Carolina Railroad Company. Records, 1868-1895. Virginia Tech
referencedIn Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse Company. Records, 1880-1894. Virginia Tech
referencedIn Brock Collection: Virginia railroads collection, 1828-1894. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Statesville and Western Railroad Company. Records, 1887-1900. Virginia Tech
referencedIn Myers, Edmund Trowbridge Dana, 1830-. Confederate Army order concerning the impressment of free blacks [manuscript], 1861 November. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Roswell Railroad Company. Records, 1880-1913. Virginia Tech
creatorOf Richmond and Danville Railroad Company. Railroad tickets, between 1847? and 1894?. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Richmond and Mecklenburg Railroad Company. Records, 1879-1950. Virginia Tech
referencedIn Banfield, E. C. Opinion in the case of U. S. vs Richmond and Danville Rail Road [manuscript], 1874 January 7. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Bowers, Theodore S., 1832-1866,. Confederate Civil War letters [manuscript], 1861-1865. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Lawrenceville Branch Railroad Company. Records, 1878-1920. Virginia Tech
referencedIn Washington, Ohio, and Western Railroad Company. Records, 1883-1895. Virginia Tech
referencedIn Howerton Family Papers (#359), 1817-1901 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Southern Improvement Company. Records, 1886-1890. Virginia Tech
referencedIn Richmond, York River, and Chesapeake Railroad Company. Records, 1881-1894. Virginia Tech
referencedIn Columbia & Greenville Railroad. Records, 1880-1895. Virginia Tech
creatorOf Virginia. Board of Public Works. Southern Railway (U.S.) records, 1894-1902. Library of Virginia
referencedIn Hagley Museum and Library. Regional Economic History Research Center. Map project data files, Transportation in the Middle Atlantic States, 1750-1860. Hagley Museum & Library
creatorOf Richmond and Danville Railroad Company. Rent book, 1897-1909. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Central Rail Road and Banking Company of Georgia. Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia : records, 1837-1948. Georgia Historical Society
creatorOf Richmond and Danville Railroad Company. Soldiers' tickets, between 1861 and 1865. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Paul, Charles Rodman. Diary, 1865-1866. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Paul, Charles Rodman. Diary, 1865-1866. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Schenck, David, 1835-1902. David Schenck papers, 1849-1917 [manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Transportation in Virginia [manuscript], 1937 ca. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Pearce, John W. Papers, 1862-1867. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Georgia Pacific Railway Company. Records, 1882-1894. Virginia Tech
referencedIn Clarksville and North Carolina Railroad Company. Records, 1887-1888. Virginia Tech
referencedIn Virginia. Board of Public Works. Marysville Plank Road Company records, 1851-1861. Library of Virginia
referencedIn Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad Company. Records, 1881-1902. Virginia Tech
referencedIn Charlotte, Columbia, and Augusta Railroad Company. Records, 1869-1899. Virginia Tech
referencedIn North-Eastern Railroad Company. Records, 1877-1892. Virginia Tech
referencedIn Western North Carolina Railroad Company. Papers, 1855-1895. Virginia Tech
referencedIn Oxford and Clarksville Railroad Company. Records, 1886-1895. Virginia Tech
creatorOf Union Palace Car Company. Records, 1889-1913. Newberry Library
referencedIn Roanoke Valley Railroad Company. Records, 1854-1875. Virginia Tech
referencedIn Elberton Air Line Railroad Company. Records, 1872-1907. Virginia Tech
referencedIn Spartanburg, Union, and Columbia Railroad Company. Records, 1877-1895. Virginia Tech
referencedIn Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Office of Secretary. Board files, 1843-1950 [microform]. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Nunnally, Lawson. Papers : of Lawson Nunnally, 1765, 1838-1893. Valentine Richmond Historical Center
referencedIn Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line Railway Company. Records, 1877-1913. Virginia Tech
referencedIn Oxford and Henderson Railroad Company. Records, 1879-1895. Virginia Tech
creatorOf Richmond and Danville Railroad Company. Records, 1847-1894. Virginia Tech
referencedIn Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railway Company. Records, 1870-1877. Virginia Tech
referencedIn Traylor, Robert Lee, 1864-1907. Papers, 1752-1920. Virginia Historical Society Library
creatorOf Virginia. Board of Public Works. Richmond and Danville Railroad Company records, 1847-1894. Library of Virginia
referencedIn Virginia Midland Railway Company. Records, 1881-1897. Virginia Tech
referencedIn Andrews, Alexander Boyd, 1841-1915. Alexander Boyd Andrews papers, 1859-1891 [manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Barrow, Middleton Pope, 1839-1903. Letters, 1877, 1887. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Anderson, Joseph Reid, 1813-1892,. Papers of the Rives family [manuscript] (1777) 1822-1945. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Young, J. W. Letter, 1864 Jan. 18 Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Smith, Sarah Gosnell Vowell, 1813-1902,. Alexandria Circuit Court testimony, 1892. Alexandria Library. Local History / Special Collections (Alexandria, Va.)
referencedIn Talcott family. Papers, 1816-1915. Virginia Historical Society Library
referencedIn Executive Papers of Governor John Letcher, 1859-1863 Library of Virginia
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associatedWith Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railway Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Banfield, E. C. person
associatedWith Barrow, Middleton Pope, 1839-1903. person
associatedWith Central Rail Road and Banking Company of Georgia. corporateBody
associatedWith Charlotte, Columbia, and Augusta Railroad Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Clarksville and North Carolina Railroad Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Columbia & Greenville Railroad. corporateBody
associatedWith Confederate States of America. Army corporateBody
associatedWith Elberton Air Line Railroad Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Georgia Pacific Railway Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Hagley Museum and Library. Regional Economic History Research Center. corporateBody
correspondedWith Haskell, John Cheves, 1841-1906. person
associatedWith Howerton family. family
associatedWith Lawrenceville Branch Railroad Company. corporateBody
associatedWith McGowan, Samuel, 1870-1934. person
associatedWith Myers, Edmund Trowbridge Dana, 1830- person
associatedWith North Carolina Railroad Company. corporateBody
associatedWith North-Eastern Railroad Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Northwestern North Carolina Railroad Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Nunnally, Lawson. person
associatedWith Oxford and Clarksville Railroad Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Oxford and Henderson Railroad Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Paul, Charles Rodman. person
associatedWith Pearce, John W. person
associatedWith Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Office of Secretary. corporateBody
associatedWith Piedmont Railroad Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Richmond and Mecklenburg Railroad Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Richmond, York River, and Chesapeake Railroad Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Roanoke Valley Railroad Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Roswell Railroad Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Schenck, David, 1835-1902. person
associatedWith Smith, Sarah Gosnell Vowell, 1813-1902, person
associatedWith Southern Improvement Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Spartanburg, Union, and Columbia Railroad Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Statesville and Western Railroad Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Talcott family. family
associatedWith Traylor, Robert Lee, 1864-1907. person
associatedWith Union Palace Car Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Virginia. Board of Public Works corporateBody
associatedWith Virginia. Governor (1860-1864 : Letcher) corporateBody
associatedWith Virginia Midland Railway Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Washington, Ohio, and Western Railroad Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Western North Carolina Railroad Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Wooding, Harry, 1844-1938. person
associatedWith Young, J. W. person
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Danville (Va.)
Confederate States of America
Southern States
Southern States
Richmond (Va.)
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Railroad tickets
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