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Barbour County Petition, Railroad, 1846 December 18

 Item — Map Cabinet: 2, Drawer: 2, Folder: 3

Scope and Contents

Place of Publication: Barbour County
Index Card Notes: To the honorable the Senate and House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of VA.: The undersigned citizens of Barbour County again present themselves before your honorable body as petitioners for the improvement of their condition by the construction of a railroad from some point on the south branch of the Potomac river, through Northwestern VA., to the Ohio River, not below the mouth of the Little Kanawha River...etc.
Xerox Copy
[1846 Dec 18-Barbour County Petition]
Purchase. Va. State Library
10/29/74
Subject(s): Railroad.

Dates

  • Creation: 1846 December 18

Repository Details

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