MSS16487Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company receiptsGuide to the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company receipts MSS.16487Initial record created by Rose Oliveira.Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

20 April 2021

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110University of VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110URL:
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This collection is minimally processed and open for research.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from Peter Luke by the Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia on January 25, 2021.

 Preferred Citation

MSS 16487, Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company receipts, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

 Content Description

This collection contains thirty-two freight receipts for agricultural goods shipped by John Dickinson from Liberty Depot, Virginia.

 Biographical / Historical

Built in the 1850s, the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad ran completely through southwestern Virginia along a portion of the Great Valley of Virginia. The railroad extended westward from Lynchburg, through a gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains near the town of Big Lick (the present-day city of Roanoke); there, it turned southwestward and followed the Great Valley to Bristol, a total distance of 204 miles (328 km).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_and_Tennessee_Railroad

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