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Library of Congress1865

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. Letter of John W. Garrett, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, relative to House Bill No. 768, entitled "An Act to Facilitate Railway Communication with the Capital of the United States." February 28, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed

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Library of Congress1890

Map showing the land grant of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in Montana, Idaho, and in part of North Dakota, and in part of eastern Washington, reaching from Dickinson, North Dakota, to Ritzville, eastern Washington

Relief shown by hachures. Panel title: Preserve this Montana map, it shows the land grant of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in Montana and Idaho, and in part of North Dakota, and in part of eastern Washington. Inset: Map showing Northern Pacific Railroad system. Text, railroad information, and ill. on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 32-82.

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Suwannee River Land Belt : offered by the Land Department of the Live Oak, Perry & Gulf Railroad Company, Live Oak, Fla

Cadastral map showing 40-acre parcels of property being offered for sale by Live Oak, Perry & Gulf Railroad Company; these parcels are represented by the very small squares. Covers Lafayette County and parts of adjoining counties. Map of northeastern Florida showing "Suwannee River Land Belt, Suwannee, Taylor, Lafayette, and Jefferson counties, as traversed by the Live Oak, Perry & Gulf Railroad Co." on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; Russell Tedder; Dec. 1997. LC copy annotated in red ink to show underscored word "open" at various locations on map. LC copy imperfect: Brittle and torn along edges. Acquisitions control no. 98-19

united states↗

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Suwannee River Land Belt : offered by the Land Department of the Live Oak, Perry & Gulf Railroad Company, Live Oak, Fla

Cadastral map showing 40-acre parcels of property being offered for sale by Live Oak, Perry & Gulf Railroad Company; these parcels are represented by the very small squares. Covers Lafayette County and parts of adjoining counties. Contract forms on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; Russell Tedder; Dec. 1997. LC copy imperfect: Brittle. Acquisitions control no. 98-20

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Library of Congress1878

Map of the lands of the Memphis & Little Rock Railroad Company (as reorganized) 1878

Map covers part of Arkansas between Memphis and Little Rock showing drainage, prairie lands, counties, cities and towns, township and county lines, county roads, and the railroads.

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Library of Congress1876

In the Senate of the United States. April 3, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of stockholders of the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Company, praying compensation for the use and occupancy of their railroad by the United States authorities during the late war, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report

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Library of Congress1858

Dedicated to the city of Philadelphia through the directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company; plan no. 2. exhibits the streets with the present railroads removed; the red lines show the proposed location of the different railroads entering the city ... 1857-58

Street map of Philadelphia and vicinity showing proposed railroads.

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Library of Congress1890

Real estate map of the Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company between Washington, D.C., and Rockville, Md., and adjacent land holdings : from latest official authorities & actual surveys

Partial cadastral map showing owners' names and acreages of larger landholdings in districts adjacent to the B&O R.R. in Washington D.C. and Montgomery County (Md.). "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1890 by Francis R. Fava Jr. in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington." North oriented towards the upper left. Includes notes, "Profile of the Metropolitan Branch B. & O.R.R. ... showing distances from Washington D.C. and elevations," and advertisement for "T. Janney Brown, general agent." LC copy stamped on verso--"Gilbert Thompson." Sectioned in 4 sheets and mounted on 2 sheets of cloth. Annotated in ink--"With the compliments of Francis R. Fava Jr. C.E., January 1892." LC Railroad maps, 461 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

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Library of Congress1892