Papers, 1817-1848.

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Papers, 1817-1848.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20115906

Papers concerning early railroading in North Carolina and Virginia, and the fight for the possession of the Weldon bridge over the Roanoke River and seventeen miles of track belonging to the Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad, the sale of which Rives believed caused the dissolution of that railroad. Also, a letter to Rives from his nephew, Colonel R.B. Heath, describing his travels in Berlin and the Revolution of 1848; and a slave sales book of Rives and his partners, Peyton Mason, Sr., and Peyton Mason, Jr.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6993867

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad Company

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Mason, Peyton, Sr.

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Heath, R. B. (Raymond Bartlett)

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Rives, Francis Everod, 1792-1861

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U.S. Congressman from Virginia, 1837-1841, and representative of the Petersburg Railroad. From the description of Papers, 1817-1848. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20115906 ...

Mason, Peyton (Jr.)

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Petersburg Railroad Company

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