West Virginia and Regional History Center
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Laureen Wilson
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Railroads and Government Regulation Collection, A&M 4365, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Content Description
Miscellaneous items relating to railroads and to laws and regulations regarding railroads. Includes photostat copies of Supreme Court arguments in the case of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company vs. Supervisors of Marshall County et al. (1869-1870). Also includes miscellaneous correspondence consisting of a copy of a letter regarding rates of service approved by Edwin Stanton, who was Secretary of War under Lincoln. There are also photocopies of correspondence addressed to J.D. Rockefeller regarding proposed regulations.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
- Railroads -- West Virginia
- Rockefeller, John D.
- Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
- Supreme Court of West Virginia
- United States. Supreme Court