Transportation: Roads and Railroads

Containers:

Folder 18

Scope and content:

• Letter from Cassius lee to Governor Pierpont, dated April 26, 1866 and transcription, 3 pgs.
• “Annual Reports of the Railroad Companies of the State of Virginia and the Board of Public Works form the Year Ending September 39, 1860,” 35 pgs.
• “Time Table—No. 1: Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad Company,” January 18, 1860
• Letter from Job Hawxhurst to George Rye, dated July 3, 1871, and transcription, 3 pgs.
• Statement from Board of Public Works to Senate, dated December 9, 1872, 2 pgs.
• Letter dated November 23, 1861 and transcription, 2 pgs.
• “In the Matter of the Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad Company,” from the Office of the Board of Public Works, dated 1865, 8 pgs.
• Transcriptions of letters, memorandum and resolution from VA State Archives Board of Public Works Papers, 2 pgs.
• Report to Board of Public Works on Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad, dated September 20, 1866, 2 pgs.
• Transcriptions of special order and memorandum from VA State Archives Board of Public Works Papers, 2 pgs.
• Middle Turnpike Petition to the Board of Public Works and transcription, 2 pgs.
• “Northern Virginia Colonial Roads & Early Railroads,” oversize hand-drawn color map
• “Description of the Roads in the United States,” by John Melish, dated 1814, 9 pgs.
• Transcribed articles and items related to FC Post Office, 1 pg.
• “A Bibliography of Virginia, Part II,” by Earl Swem, 1917, 28 pgs.
• VA State Archive request tickets from Netherton, 8 pgs.
• Handwritten list of VA turnpikes and years active, 2 pgs.
• Handwritten bibliography of materials related to Public Works and turnpikes.
• “39th Annual Report, Board of Public Works,” 1855, 2 pgs.
• “Annual Report, Board of Public Works,” 1854, 3 pgs.
• “Chief Engineer’s Report,” Board of Public Works, 1853, 2 pgs.
• “Excerpts from Annual Reports of the Virginia Board of Public Works to Virginia General Assembly,” 3 pgs.
• “Virginia Board of Public Works Report of Committee Recommending Subscription for Stock of the Middle Turnpike Company 23 January 1828,” photocopy and transcription, 5 pgs.
• “Virginia Board of Public Works Engineer’s Report on Location of the Middle Turnpike, January 1829” photocopy and transcription, 4 pgs.
• “Annual Report, Board of Public Works,” 1829-1830, 3 pgs.
• “Annual Report, Board of Public Works,” 1832, 4 pgs.
• “Report of Board of Public Works,” 1839, 2 pgs.
• “Report of Board of Public Works,” 1835, 3 pgs.
• “Report of Board of Public Works,” 1838, 1 pg.
• “Annual Report, Board of Public Works,” 1843, 1 pg.
• “Report of Board of Public Works,” 1844, 2 pgs.
• “Report of Board of Public Works,” 1846-47; 1847-48, 2 pgs.
• “Correspondence Relating to the Falls Bridge Turnpike Company Recommending Appointments as State Directors, September 1865,” photocopy and transcription, 6 pgs.
• “The Friendly Virginians,” by J. Worrall Jr., one photocopied page
• “Report of Board of Public Works,” 1845-46, 2 pgs.
• Letter from A.Z. Cazanova to J. Brown, photocopy and transcription, dated March 21, 1840, 4 pgs.
• Letter from Ch. Neale and Robt. Jamison to J. Brown, photocopy and transcription, dated January 25, 1840, 6 pgs.
• Page of handwritten notes on 19th century roads of Northern Virginia

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