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Collection is open to research.

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Preferred Citation

Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad ledgers, 1834-1912. Accession 53925. Business records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

Acquisition Information

Purchased

Historical Information

The Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad (RF&P) was incorporated by an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia on 25 February 1834. It was at the time the sixth railroad to be chartered in Virginia. The company's purpose was to provide rail service from Richmond to the Potomac River near Washington, D.C. The RF&P ceased to exist in 1991, when it was merged into the CSX Corporation.

Scope and Content

Ledgers, 1834-1912, of the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad (RF&P) consisting of nineteen ledgers, 1834-1905, containing business accounts and expenses for the RF&P; one ledger, 1852-1860, containing accounts and expenses for the Washington and Fredericksburg Steamboat Company (1852-1854) and for the Potomac Steamboat Company (1854-1860); and two volumes for the Washington Southern Railway Company, a journal, 1893-1912, containing accounts, and a volume of annual reports, 1899-1908, to the Interstate Commerce Commission, both for the Washington Southern Railway Company. The steamboat companies and the Washington Southern Railway were subsidiaries of the RF&P.

Related Material

Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad records, 1834-1997 (LVA accession 36460)

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