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Language
English
Abstract
Suit papers and correspondence in the case of the BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD VS. J.B. FORD, general agent of the railroad
at Cumberland and Wheeling. The papers include copies of documents relative to the building of the railroad from Cumberland
westward to Parkersburg and Wheeling and the activities of Ford as general agent at Cumberland and Wheeling, 1852-1874. Most
of Ford's evidence deals with the role of the railroad during the Civil War and its relations with the state of West Virginia.
There are copies of letters from John S. Carlile, J.W. Garrett, George B. McClellan, Francis H. Pierpont, and Edwin M. Stanton.
The correspondence is with Ford's attorney, William P. Preston of Baltimore.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], J.B. Ford Legal Papers, A&M 1679, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.