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Correspondence
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8.5" x 11"
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Title
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Letter, Weston & Anderson Civil Engineering to W.R. Merrian, Liberty Furnace VA
Subject
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Liberty Furnace (Va)
Merrian, W.R.
Railroads - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Wenton, Warren B.
Wilmington (DE)
Description
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Letter sent from "Weston & Anderson, Civil Engineering" located in Wilmington Delaware to W.R. Merrian, President of the Liberty Iron Furnace Company.
The letter references the decision to no longer pursue a possible extension of the Liberty Iron Furnaces Railroad to Lost City West Virginia. Weston & Anderson had been approached about engineering and survey services for the project.
The letter is dated July 27, 1909
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"Weston & Anderson Civil Engineering"
Source
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Folder 1.18: Correspondence, T-Z, 1908-1910, 1 of 2, Series I: Letter Box March 31 1918, Liberty Iron Furnace Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
Publisher
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Shenandoah County Library
Date
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July 27, 1909
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Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)
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21-1117-001
Dinky
Iron Furnaces
Letters
Liberty
Shenandoah County
Virginia
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Manuscript
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Title
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Report of M.M. Campbell Receiver of Liberty Iron Company
Subject
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Campbell, M.M.
Liberty Iron Company (Shenandoah County Va)
Iron industry-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Shenandoah County (Va)
Liberty Furnace (Va)
Description
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Four page report of "M.M. Campbell" who was the court appointed receiver for the Liberty Iron Company between June 1891 and August 1892.
Campbell was appointed receiver of the company by the US District Court while there was a case pending concerning the ownership of the property. In 1891 he managed the court ordered sale of the furnace to an investment group from Philadelphia.
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M.M. Campbell
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Folder 7.6 Report of M.M. Campbell Receiver of Liberty Iron Company, Receipts and Expenditures, June 24 1891-August 1, 1892, Series VI: Documents, Samuel G. Clark Liberty Iron Furnace Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
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Shenandoah County Library
Date
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June 24 1891-August 1 1892
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Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)
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20-0611-001
20-0611-002
20-0611-003
20-0611-004
Furnaces
Iron
Liberty
Shenandoah County
Virginia
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Photograph
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Title
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"Dinky" Railroad Wreck
Subject
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Edinburg (Va)
Liberty Furnace (Va)
Railroad
Description
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Photograph showing the aftermath of a wreck involving a train on the the "Dinky" Railroad which connected Edinburg Virginia with the iron operations at Liberty Furnace. The wreck occured on March 2, 1911 when the railroad trestle crossing Stony Creek near Three Mile Mountain collapsed with the train on top. Engineer James Sine was killed and Fireman Thomas Foltz was seriously injured. The cause of the accident was a decayed timber in the bridge. The line reopened in a few weeks.
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Unknown
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Shenandoah County Photograph Collection : Dinky Railroad crash, 1911, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
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Shenandoah County Library
Date
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March 2, 1911
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Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)
Crash
Edinburg
Liberty
Railroads
Shenandoah County
Virginia
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Letter
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Title
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Letter, Samuel Maddox to W.R. Merriam
Subject
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Liberty Furnace (Va)
Merriam, William Rush
Maddox, Samuel
Description
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This letter was sent by Samuel Maddox, an attorney in Washington DC, to William Rush (W.R.) Merriam, President of the Shenandoah Iron and Coal Company, on November 23 1908. It discusses Maddox's recent visit to the Liberty Furnace area and some of the activities he engaged in after returning to Washington.
William Maddox had served as Governor of Minnesota from 1889-1892 and first director of the US Census Bureau from 1898-1903. He served as President and principal owner of the Shenandoah Iron and Coal Company from 1905-ca. 1910. The operated Liberty Iron Furnace and the Dinky Railroad.
Samuel Maddox served as one of the company'a attorneys and was a personal friend of Merriam's. He practiced law in Washington DC during the first part of the 20th century.
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Samuel Maddox
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Letter to W.R. Merriam from Samuel Maddox concerning trip, November 23, 1908, Liberty Iron Furnace Collection, 1809-1917, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia, USA.
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Shenandoah County Library
Date
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November 23, 1908
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Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)
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Paper, 8x11"
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English
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Letter
Iron Furnaces
Liberty
Shenandoah County
Virginia
Washington
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Text
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Warning to you
Columbia Furnace Va
Mr WR merriam dear sir
We have made up our mind to Stop Jim Sine and foltyz from running on this Road and will tell you Be fore we do it and if you don’t put Some one else on we will Stop the Running for you Sine hasn’t got a friend a long the Road and He is so Spitful that no one can live for Him and you Have men up thewre Had forgot more than Sine an foltz ever will now a bout a Engine _____ Hall as much with Engine after they tore them to pieces an Burnte them up and did not Have time to fire them up so we will give till the first of next month to make a chang and if you don’t we will Burn down ever tresel from Her to Edinburg and we have men Rite up there that Had dynamite Redy to Blow up that engine and it would Have Ben Blowed up long a go if Bud ___ Had let Some fellows a lone But He saved it for you an ___ don’t want to ___ everything for you But ___ ___ git them off the Road we will not put up with it we mean it and if you think we don’t try us and Show you all a bout it we are dynamite Ready so this is warning
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Paper
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Title
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"Warning to you"
Subject
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Liberty Iron Furnace (Va)
Description
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A letter written to W.R. Merriam of the Liberty Iron Furnace Company threatening to destroy the "Dinky" railroad, which connected the furnace with Edinburg Virginia, unless James Sine and Thomas Foltz were fired.
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Anonymous
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Samuel G. Clark, Liberty Iron Furnace Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
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Shenandoah County Library
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Unknown
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Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)
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Document
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English
Relation
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Finding aid for collection available at: http://shenandoah.co.lib.va.us/liberty-furnace-collection
Liberty
Railroads
Shenandoah County
Virginia