Papers of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company, 1853-1859.

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Papers of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company, 1853-1859.

The collection contains business papers of the railroad and its agent John M. Preston, chiefly surveys of land damaged by the railroad. President John R. McDaniel is a correspondent.

9 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7355400

University of Virginia. Library

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Preston, John M.

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McDaniel, John Robinson, 1807-1877,

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President of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad; Citizens Savings Bank, Lynchburg, Va.; Board of Trustees, Lynchburg College. From the description of Autobiographical notes of John Robinson McDaniel, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31253950 ...

Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company

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Incorporated in Virginia in 1848 as Lynchburg and Tennessee Railroad Company; name changed to Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company in 1849; ran from Lynchburg, Va., to Bristol, Tenn. (204 miles); consolidated with Southside, Norfolk and Petersburg, and Virginia and Kentucky railroads in 1870 to form Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Railroad Company. From the description of Records, 1848-1871. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28411836 Chartered 1849, opened 1857; conso...