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Transportation – Railroads and Roads Box 2

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.

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Transportation – Ships, Shipping and Shipbuilding Box 2

Letter from G. Parker of Worcester, Massachusetts, to Douglas and Brothers of Thompsonville, Connecticut., Steamboat Builders, giving some details for two boats he wants built. Mr. Parker is in Norfolk, Virginia. December 15, 1848. Bill of sale for John Crawford, London merchant, to John Speakman, also a London merchant, for a sloop. Includes stamps and seals. November 4, 1725. Orders, receipts and manifests from the Noah Steamer Barge in 1879. Places mentioned: College Landing in Williamsburg, Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Virginia, Clover Hill Depot, and Morris Creek. Names mentioned are: Lucado's Daily Line of Boats, A.L. Shepherd and Co., Mrs. M.S. Jones of College Landing,, Samuel Smith of College Landing, R.S. Morecock of College Landing, J.S. Hazlegrove of College Landing, R.B. Servant of Williamsburg, B.B. Wolfe of College Landing, O.M. Southall, George E. Bush of Richmond, Spotts and Gibson, Purcell, Ladd and Co., J.B. Lacy and Mrs. C.B.T. Coleman. Many items were for shipment to the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Virginia. Masters included Charles Clifford. Shipping order for ship, Jannet, from Liverpool, England to Port Royal, Virginia. August 5, 1791. Document giving Robert Marsh permission to sell or dispose the Brig Ajax. Norfolk, Virginia. 1837. Charles Robinson, Norfolk, Virginia to Mr. Adams, President of the Ocean…Office in Boston, Massachusetts saying his ship, Pocahontas, was damaged. December 7, 1839. "An Account of wood sold for Mr. W.G. Birchett." Lists price beside names of schooners. Daniel Epps is mentioned. 1850. Newspaper article from the Illustrated News about the loss of the ship, William and Mary. May 28, 1853. Two copies, one a partial copy.

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United States, 1785 Box 3

Surveyors List of Surveyors elected by U.S. Congress, one from each state, "in conformity to the 'Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of lands in the Western Territory'." Signed by Charles Thompson, Secretary of Congress. May 27, 1785. United States Treasury Office Copy of a letter from John Skelton Williams, Comptroller of Currency, to Honorable William E. Cox, Congressman from Indiana, about criticisms. Washington, D.C. October 17, 1916.

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Virginia- General, 1800/1943 Box 3

Coat of Arms: 6" x 8" page with a printed Coat of Arms and "Virginia Council Chamber" printed on the bottom. 5 copies. Undated. Coat of Arms and Great Seal: A pamphlet, "The Great Seal of Virginia" submitted to the General Assembly on February 20, 1930. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem and a letter to Dr. John E. Pomfret, President of the College of William and Mary, from E.M. Simon who designed a pre-revolutionary Coat of Arms and Seal for Colonial Williamsburg, found on the title page of the Frenchman's Map. A copy of the engraving is included. 1945. Gravesites of Distinguished Virginians: Copy of a typed report. Undated, but probably 1930's or 40's. Historical Pageants: Two copies of the official program from the Virginia Historical Pageant held in Richmond, VA, from May 22-28, 1922. "Book of Words: The Pageant of Virginia," a script written by Thomas Wood Stevens, the Director of the Pageant. 1922. Legal Forms used in Harrison County and other Virginia Counties: Commission to Examine Witness, Subpoena in Chancery, Summons Petition and two others. 1800-1820. Lotteries: Virginia State Navigation Lottery ticket, Lynchburg, Virginia. 1827. Lottery advertisement from Wheeling, Virginia. Ca 1830. Military Passes: Fort Eustis, Virginia. Passes to military events. 1942 and 1943. Photographs of Virginia Houses: Booklet, "Colonial Homes on the Historic James" with photographs and a group of 27 photographs of houses in Virginia, with a typed list of the history of each house, sent in 1938 to Earl Gregg Swem. Tidewater Area: Map of Colonial Tidewater Virginia with a chart that shows the changing boundary lines of the counties in the 1700's. Made by William Buckner McGroarty. Sent to Earl Gregg Swem in 1947. Handwritten and typed notes by Edward W. Dodd, mainly about the Tidewater area of Virginia in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Virginia Writer's Project: Copies of two plays. "James Monroe of Virginia", sponsored by The Monroe Birthplace and Monument Association and State Board of Education in 1940 and "Let Freedom Ring, A Drama of Democracy" sponsored by the Hopewell Chamber of Commerce in 1941.

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