Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

Railroad Account Book and Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 00/00/2008.

Biographical Note

Possibly author of 1860 railroad diary, Mss. Acc. 2008.145. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/James M. Buford">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/James M. Buford</a>.

Scope and Contents

An account book and diary of a man from Goodman, Virginia which later became Bristol, Virginia.  He appears to work for the railroad, possibly as a track repairman.  Writer notes payments for work he has done, giving amounts, short description of work, and for whom the work was done.  He gives prices for items that he purchases.  He mentions a mail train accident that left him crippled.  He travels to different towns via the railroad, such as Lynchburg, Bedford and Wytheville.  At the end of the book, he records train accidents and problems, by date, from March to August.  There is a description of two 1857 deeds involving Elizabeth Peck, Joseph Peck and William Moore.

Index Terms

Genre/Form of Material:

• Diaries

Topical Term:

• Account books.
• Railroad accidents--Virginia.
• Railroads--Virginia--History.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Virginia--Railroads

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