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Collection Reference Number GLC08241
From Archive Folder Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 
Title John Letcher to Jefferson Davis regarding the Virginia rail road
Date 8 June 1861
Author Letcher, John (1813-1884)  
Recipient Davis, Jefferson  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Written as Governor of Virginia to Jefferson Davis to send him details on the guages and capacity of the Danville Rail Road and other Virginia lines.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Confederate General or Leader  Government and Civics  Railroad  Confederate States of America  
People Letcher, John (1813-1884)  Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889)  
Place written Richmond, Virginia
Theme The American Civil War; Industry
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945