Transportation: Roads and Railroads
Letter from Cassius lee to Governor Pierpont, dated April 26, 1866 and
transcription, 3 pgs.
“Annual Reports of the Railroad Companies of the State of Virginia and the
Board of Public Works form the Year Ending September 39, 1860,” 35 pgs.
“Time Table—No. 1: Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad Company,”
January 18, 1860
Letter from Job Hawxhurst to George Rye, dated July 3, 1871, and
transcription, 3 pgs.
Statement from Board of Public Works to Senate, dated December 9, 1872, 2
pgs.
Letter dated November 23, 1861 and transcription, 2 pgs.
“In the Matter of the Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad Company,” from the Office
of the Board of Public Works, dated 1865, 8 pgs.
Transcriptions of letters, memorandum and resolution from VA State Archives
Board of Public Works Papers, 2 pgs.
Report to Board of Public Works on Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad,
dated September 20, 1866, 2 pgs.
Transcriptions of special order and memorandum from VA State Archives Board of
Public Works Papers, 2 pgs.
Middle Turnpike Petition to the Board of Public Works and transcription, 2
pgs.
“Northern Virginia Colonial Roads & Early Railroads,” oversize hand-drawn
color map
“Description of the Roads in the United States,” by John Melish, dated 1814, 9
pgs.
Transcribed articles and items related to FC Post Office, 1 pg.
“A Bibliography of Virginia, Part II,” by Earl Swem, 1917, 28 pgs.
VA State Archive request tickets from Netherton, 8 pgs.
Handwritten list of VA turnpikes and years active, 2 pgs.
Handwritten bibliography of materials related to Public Works and
turnpikes.
“39th Annual Report, Board of Public Works,” 1855, 2 pgs.
“Annual Report, Board of Public Works,” 1854, 3 pgs.
“Chief Engineer’s Report,” Board of Public Works, 1853, 2 pgs.
“Excerpts from Annual Reports of the Virginia Board of Public Works to
Virginia General Assembly,” 3 pgs.
“Virginia Board of Public Works Report of Committee Recommending Subscription
for Stock of the Middle Turnpike Company 23 January 1828,” photocopy and
transcription, 5 pgs.
“Virginia Board of Public Works Engineer’s Report on Location of the Middle
Turnpike, January 1829” photocopy and transcription, 4 pgs.
“Annual Report, Board of Public Works,” 1829-1830, 3 pgs.
“Annual Report, Board of Public Works,” 1832, 4 pgs.
“Report of Board of Public Works,” 1839, 2 pgs.
“Report of Board of Public Works,” 1835, 3 pgs.
“Report of Board of Public Works,” 1838, 1 pg.
“Annual Report, Board of Public Works,” 1843, 1 pg.
“Report of Board of Public Works,” 1844, 2 pgs.
“Report of Board of Public Works,” 1846-47; 1847-48, 2 pgs.
“Correspondence Relating to the Falls Bridge Turnpike Company Recommending
Appointments as State Directors, September 1865,” photocopy and transcription, 6
pgs.
“The Friendly Virginians,” by J. Worrall Jr., one photocopied page
“Report of Board of Public Works,” 1845-46, 2 pgs.
Letter from A.Z. Cazanova to J. Brown, photocopy and transcription, dated
March 21, 1840, 4 pgs.
Letter from Ch. Neale and Robt. Jamison to J. Brown, photocopy and
transcription, dated January 25, 1840, 6 pgs.
Page of handwritten notes on 19th century roads of Northern Virginia
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