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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company Account Book
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ac28
Scope and Contents
Contains accounts with contractors for grubbing, clearing and excavation for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, first division and includes an alphabetical index of contractors.
Dates:
1829
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Dismal Swamp Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 D63
Scope and Contents
Transcripts collected circa 1922 by Earl Gregg Swem in connection with his editing of William Byrd's Description of the Dismal Swamp and a Proposal to Drain the Swamp. Includes land entries made in the Dismal Swamp; petitions, 1763-1785, to the Governor and Council; and papers, 1764-1785, of George Washington concerning the proposed canal in the Dismal Swamp.The collection contains the following material: Item 1: Byrd (William), 1922
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Dates:
1763-1928
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
New Shenandoah Company Account Books
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV An1-2
Scope and Contents
Account books, 1815-1860, of the New Shenandoah Company, Port Republic, Rockingham County, Va. which was organized to open the Shenandoah River and its branches to navigation. Includes loose papers and some correspondence concerning David Stickley and Daniel Stickley.
Dates:
1815-1860
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Benjamin Pennybacker Daybook
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ad132
Scope and Contents
Kept by a merchant [of Rockingham County, Va. ?]. Mentions laborers at work, Shenandoah River Company stock and the hire of slaves.
Dates:
1818-1821
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center