Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company records

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company records

1880-1945 (majority 1889-1945)

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1226

This collection consists of legal and financial records, correspondence, and maps documenting the construction and operation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Many of the materials concern land transactions and there is also a significant amount of documentation of court cases involving the company.

3.75 linear feet

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University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6326086

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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Brown, George S.

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Gorman, William.

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Gorman received his A.B. in mechanical engineering in 1922. From the description of Laboratory Notes, 1921-1922. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500402 ...

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company

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Now a national park, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was once a major transportation artery that ran parallel to the Potomac River from Cumberland, Maryland, to Georgetown in the District of Columbia. The canal operated from the mid-nineteenth century into the 1930s and was used primarily for the transportation of coal and bulk agricultural products. These products, produced in the inland regions of the developing nation, were vital to the continuing prosperity of Tidewater cities and...

Stewart, Daniel K., 1925-

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Lane, William Preston, 1892-1967

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Lawyer, attorney general, and governor of Maryland. From the description of Papers, 1921-1943. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19931535 Lawyer, newspaper publisher, attorney general for Maryland, and governor of Maryland from 1947 to 1951. During his term, the original Bay Bridge was begun and completed and great strides were taken in improving the state's school and hospital systems. Lane also instituted the first state sales tax in s...

Poe, John Prentiss, 1836-1909

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Lawyer, of Baltimore, Md. From the description of Account book, 1860-1878. (Maryland Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 30400602 ...

Brown, G. S. (George S.)

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Gorman, William H.

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