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Lemuel P. Grant papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS100
Scope and Content
This collection contains letters to and from Grant regarding construction of railroads in Pennsylvania and throughout the southeastern United States; the defense of Atlanta during the Civil War; and personal matters. Other items in the collection include Grant’s personal diaries from 1843, 1844, and 1845, as well as account books covering railroad land transactions; railroad costs; and cash accounts. Additional items include a report on the condition of railroads around Atlanta, Georgia,...
Dates:
1838-1869
Western and Atlantic Railroad report
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS503f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of one published report, a United States Senate version of an 1837 survey report by Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Harriman Long (1784-1864), Chief Engineer of the W&A. The survey includes detailed maps of north Georgia and information about construction costs.
Dates:
1837
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- Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 1
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864 1
- Georgia -- Politics and government 1
- Railroads -- Employees 1
- Railroads -- Georgia 1
- Railroads -- Surveying 1
- Railroads -- Tennessee 1
- Slavery 1
- Slaves -- Social conditions 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1 + ∧ less
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- Atlanta and West Point Rail Road Company 1
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- Grant, Lemuel Pratt, 1817-1893 1
- Long, Stephen H. (Stephen Harriman) 1
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