Geological survey records, 1837-1853.

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Geological survey records, 1837-1853.

These records contain letters received from William E. A. Aikin, James B. Rogers and William Barton Rogers, and accounts and receipts for expenses of the geological survey of Virginia, covering the years 1837-1845, 1849, 1851-1853.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7133670

Library of Virginia

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Rogers, James B., 1803-1852

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Virginia. Board of Public Works

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An act of the General Assembly approved February 14, 1853 authorized formation of the Franklin and Monterey Road Company to construct a state road from Franklin in Pendleton County to Monterey in Highland County. The act was amended April 1, 1858 to approve one toll gate midway but exempting local traffic provided the two counties ensure maintenance. From the description of Franklin and Monterey Road Company records, 1853-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86147319 An act ...

Rogers, William Barton, 1804-1882

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Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Virginia from 1835-1853. In the years following his departure, he founded and was president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Boston. From the description of Papers of William Barton Rogers [manuscript], 1843 December 19. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647837261 Shields was a student from Cumberland County, Va.; afterwards a captain and surgeon, C.S.A., then physician and farmer in Union Count...

Aiken, William E. A.

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