Papers of R.E. Gish and Company, 1871-1892.

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Papers of R.E. Gish and Company, 1871-1892.

The collection contains eight bound volumes including a factory book recording company store accounts; order book; Norfolk and Western Railroad Company shipment receipts book;accounts with firms in Liverpool, Glasgow and Dublin; checkbook for transactions in Ls Sterling; accounts journal;ledger; and record of cash accounts. Loose correspondence and accounts document European sales.

100 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7305982

University of Virginia. Library

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Norfolk and Western Railroad Company

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The Norfolk and Western Railroad originated with the 1838 chartering of the City Point Railroad, a line between Petersburg and City Point, Virginia. The line was purchased by the South Side Railroad in 1854, which, in turn, merged with the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad and the Norfolk & Petersburg Railroad, forming the Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Railroad in 1870. The AM&O fell into bankruptcy and was purchased in 1881, the new owners incorporating under the name Norfolk and Wes...

Gish and Neal.

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R.E. Gish and Company.

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Lynchburg, Va., tobacco merchants, later operating as Gish and Neal. From the description of Papers of R.E. Gish and Company, 1871-1892. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31083914 ...