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Brooke County Petition, Railroad, 1847 January 14

 Item — Map Cabinet: 2, Drawer: 2, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

Place of Publication: Brooke County
Index Card Notes: To the Legislature of Virginia: The undersigned petitioners of Brooke County, respectfully represent to your honorable body that a rail road from some point on the South Branch of the Potomac River to some point on the Ohio River, at, or north of the town of Parkersburg, in Virginia, is is imperiously demanded by the needs of the people of the North-Western Virginia; and by the undersigned...etc. [1847, Jan. 14 Brooke County Petition]
Xerox Copy
Purchase. Va. State Library
10/29/74

Subject(s): Railroad.

Dates

  • Creation: 1847 January 14

Repository Details

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