Savannah and Charleston Railroad records, 1866-1871.

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Savannah and Charleston Railroad records, 1866-1871.

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Volume (34/431, 1866-1871) entitled "Proceedings of the 2nd Lien 1st Mortgage Bondholders of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad Company against the President and Directors of the Company" includes clippings about the 1869 annual meeting of stockholders, a copy of "An Act to Incorporate the Savannah and Charleston R.R. Co., ratified 21st December 1866" and lists of bondholders. J. Reid Boylston was chairman of the proceedings. Volume (34/430, 1867-1868) entitled "Proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Savannah and Charleston Railroad Company" contains minutes, financial statements, proceedings of the first annual meeting, an index to minutes, and other items. Attached to the volume is a printed pamphlet (1868) "Proceedings at the first annual meeting of stockholders of the Savannah and Charleston R.R. Co." Both written and printed proceedings include the names of locomotives and the number and condition of other machinery.

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Charleston and Savannah Railroad

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The main line of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad Company, which began operations in 1861, ran between Charleston, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia, with service to other locations south and west of Charleston. In January 1867 under pressure from the bondholders, the Board of Directors agreed to transfer property rights and privileges of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad Company to the Savannah and Charleston Railroad Company. From the description of Charleston & Savan...

Savannah and Charleston Railroad.

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The Savannah and Charleston Railroad Company of Charleston, South Carolina was organized in 1867 from the Charleston and Savannah Railroad Company (also of Charleston) which had begun operations in 1861. The main line of the company ran between Charleston, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia with service to other locations south and west of Charleston. In January of 1867 under pressure from bondholders the Board of Directors of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad Company agreed to transfer the...

Boylston, James Reid, 1865-1940.

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