Millboro and Kerr's Creek Turnpike Company documents

Access and use

Location of collection:
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
Special Collections and Archives
James G. Leyburn Library
Washington and Lee University
204 W. Washington Street
Lexington, VA 24450
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Millboro and Kerrs Creek Turnpike Company Documents (WLU Coll. 0447), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Millboro and Kerr's Creek Turnpike Company
Language:
The collection is in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Millboro and Kerrs Creek Turnpike Company Documents (WLU Coll. 0447), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of two documents. One is an 1836 document to the stockholders of the Millsboro and Kerrs Creek Turnpike Company from the company's president Alexander T. Barclay. He provides background information, mentions accepting a proposal for making a road, tolls, and other business. There is also a letter written by John C. Bowyer to James Brown, Jr. of the Board of Public Works that serves as a report to the Board.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard