Title:: Railroad Account Book and Diary 1860

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
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Phone: (757) 221-3090
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Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Railroad Account Book and Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.05
Creator:
Buford, James M. arrangement
Abstract:
An account book and diary of a man from Goodman, Virginia which later became Bristol, Virginia. He appears to work for the railroad, possibly as a track repairman. Writer notes payments for work he has done, giving amounts, short description of work, and for whom the work was done. He gives prices for items that he purchases. He mentions a mail train accident that left him crippled. He travels to different towns via the railroad, such as Lynchburg, Bedford and Wytheville. At the end of the book, he records train accidents and problems, by date, from March to August. There is a description of two 1857 deeds involving Elizabeth Peck, Joseph Peck and William Moore.
Language:
The papers are in: English
Preferred citation:

Railroad Account Book and Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

An account book and diary of a man from Goodman, Virginia which later became Bristol, Virginia. He appears to work for the railroad, possibly as a track repairman. Writer notes payments for work he has done, giving amounts, short description of work, and for whom the work was done. He gives prices for items that he purchases. He mentions a mail train accident that left him crippled. He travels to different towns via the railroad, such as Lynchburg, Bedford and Wytheville. At the end of the book, he records train accidents and problems, by date, from March to August. There is a description of two 1857 deeds involving Elizabeth Peck, Joseph Peck and William Moore.

Biographical / historical:

Possibly author of 1860 railroad diary, Mss. Acc. 2008.145. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/James M. Buford">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/James M. Buford</a>.

Acquisition information:
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 00/00/2008.
Physical description:
1 vol.