Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Stock Proposal

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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Preferred citation:

Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Stock Proposal, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Foot
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Stock Proposal, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

3 typed copies of a proposal for a bill by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company "that as their profits must be for some time to come, absorbed in thepayment of their debts, they be allowed to pay to the state and to the individual stockholders, dividends in new stock bearing interest, in lieu of money which connot be paid to either." Undated.

Biographical / historical:

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Acquisition information:
Purchase, date unknown.
Processing information:

Processed by Anne Johnson.

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