Edmund Fontaine Papers [manuscript], 1840- [1867-77].

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Edmund Fontaine Papers [manuscript], 1840- [1867-77].

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The collection centers around the Virginia Central Railroad Company of which Fontaine was President. It contains correspondence, financial papers, and assorted legal documents, many of which concern the railroad's eventual encorporation as the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company.

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University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7934095

University of Virginia. Library

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