Correspondence of William Blackford and railroad map [manuscript], 1842-1958.

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Correspondence of William Blackford and railroad map [manuscript], 1842-1958.

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14 letters composing the correspondence of William W. Blackford while residing in Bogota, Colombia, where his father, William M. Blackford, was serving as United States Charge d'Affaires; and a sketch of the floor plan of the U.S. legation in Bogota, dated 1842-1844. Also included is a Map and Profile of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad prepared by W.W. Blackford, dated 1856; and a letter from General George C. Marshall to James Baylor Blackford, 1958 January 22.

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Blackford, W. W. (William Willis), 1831-1905

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Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company

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Blackford, William M., 1801-1864

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Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959

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Blackford, James Baylor, 1907-

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