Minutes: of the James River and Kanawha Company, 1859 Oct. 26 - 1880 Mar. 5. [manuscript].

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Minutes: of the James River and Kanawha Company, 1859 Oct. 26 - 1880 Mar. 5. [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647817416

The book, a continuation of an earlier volume, contains minutes of stockholders' meetings until the company's acquisition by the Richmond and Allegheny Railroad Company. Included are 1864 and 1865 accounts of the destruction of locks, bridges and supplies by U. S. troops under Generals Hunter and Sheridan, and destruction of the Richmond offices in April, 1865. Some minutes are in the hand of George Wythe Randolph.

1 volume (560 p.) : 40 x 27.5 cm.

University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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