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Map showing the location of the Charleston & Savannah R.R. May, 1856

Map of the South Carolina tidewater area between Charleston and Savannah, Ga. "The red line represents the located line; the blue lines represent some of the principal experimental lines." Chartered December 20, 1853. Reorganized in 1866 as the Savannah and Charleston Railroad.

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Richmond and York River Railroad

"Sketch from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Note on map. Extends from Richmond west to West Point. Also shows the course of the Pamunkey River. Forms part of the Gilmer Map Collection. Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Gift of Mrs. Louisa Porter (Gilmer) Minis (i.e., Mrs. J. F. Minis), Savannah, Ga., in 1911. Manuscripts o.s.

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Savannah and Boston : Account of the supplies sent to Savannah: with the last appeal of Edward Everett in Faneuil hall; the letter to the mayor of Savannah; and the proceedings of the citizens, and letter of the mayor of Savannah

A digital reproduction made from a copy held by the University of Michigan is available from the University of Michigan's Making of America Web site. Also available in digital form. LAC tnb 2020-10-27 update (1 card) LAC ecr 2020-11-03 review

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Image 4 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), October 5, 1895

dome unfounde i reports have spread misinforination ab nt the rites to he charged by hoteis and boarding houses at Atlanta during the Cotton States and International Exposition Mr Alex W Smith Chief of the Public Comfort Depart meat makes this statement tor pub lication Atlanta Ga ug 25 1895 Mr Walter G Cooper Chief De partmcutlf Publicity and Prom otion Atlanta Ga DEAR inReferring to the ed itorial comment of the Savannah Morning News to the effect that boarding house keepers have an nounced an increase in their rates I beg to state that this department has received no intimation of any such intention and not one single person who has registered accom wodation with the department has given any notice of an increase I take pleasure in announcing through you to the public at large that sufficient accomodations have been secured through the efforts of the Public Comfort Department to adequately and comfortable care for the average attendance upon the Exposition The rates for such accommodation at the regular hotels will be from one dollar to three dollars per day European plan and from two to five dollars per day American plan In the lodging and boarding houses

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