A Guide to Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company Papers 1849-1859 Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company, Papers, 1849-1859 11181

A Guide to Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company Papers 1849-1859

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Accession Number 11181


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession number
11181
Title
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company Papers 1849-1858
Physical Characteristics
10 items
Language
English
Abstract
The collection contains business papers of the railroad and its agent John M. Preston, chiefly surveys of land damaged by the railroad.

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Preferred Citation

Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company Papers, 1849-1859, Accession #11181, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These papers were purchased by the University of Virginia Library from Jerry N. Showalter, Bookseller, Ivy, Virginia, on May 4, 1995.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of ten items, 1849-1859, the business papers of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad, including accounts, surveys of land damaged by the railroad, and the Ninth Annual Report of the President, and Other Officers, to the Stockholders of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad Company , November 25, 1858 (transferred to Rare Books Division). This annual report has an appendix featuring the history of the railroad.

Most of the material pertains to the assessment and payment for damages by the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad to the property of John M. Preston, Captain Peter Snavely, Thomas J. Snavely, Daniel Hoofnagle, John [Wassum?], and Jacob Castle, with surveys by A.H. Campbell of the damages done to the latter four. Apparently John M. Preston of Seven Mile Ford acted as agent for the Railroad in money collection (1849), land damage collection (ca. 1853), income mortgage bonds (1858), and taking care of damage claims against the company (1859).