Transportation – Railroads and Roads

Containers:
Box 2
Scope and content:

Photostat copy of a mail coach schedule from Washington, D.C. to Georgia. Undated.Account of Stage expenses to Richmond, Virginia. UndatedMail Coach Schedule. Fredericksburg, Virginia. 1825.Shenandoah Valley Railroad timetable. Virginia. 1882.Check from Bank of the State of New York to Central Railroad and Banks for $2,000. November, 1837.Letter about the interest in building a railroad between Bristol and New Hampton, New Hampshire. E.B. Smith to G.W. Nesmith. April 26, 1848.Notepaper from the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Company. Portsmouth, Virginia. 1860's.A trace for items sent to Greensboro, North Carolina by Southern Express Company. Richmond, Virginia. September 21, 1864.Railroad bill of laden for three rolls of leather. Places mentioned are Richmond, Virginia, Yorktown Station, Virginia, Bristol, Tennessee and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1868.Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad freight invoice for F.H. Bayley. Richmond, Virginia. March 8, 1875.Bill of laden for Atlantic Coastline Freight for tobacco fertilizer. Sent by P. Zell and Sons for F.B. Harrison in Gaston, North Carolina. Portsmouth, Virginia and Wilmington, North Carolina. March 27, 1877.Newspaper article about Claudius Crozet and Virginia's transportation system. August 6, 1881.North Carolina State Highway Commission Courtesy card issued to G.P. Coleman. June 3 to June 10, 1924.

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Parent restrictions:
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
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