Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company
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Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
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found: NUCMC data from Va. Poly. Inst. and St. Univ. Libr. for Its Records, 1850-1898(Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company; inc. in Tenn. in 1846 to connect Memphis, Tenn., with Charleston, S.C., by rail; main line completed in 1858 from Memphis to Stevenson, Ala.; leased to East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railroad 1877-1892; sold to Southern Railway Company and reorg. as Memphis and Charleston Railway Company 1898)
found: LC data base, 8-22-92(hdg.: Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company) LC man. auth. cd. (chartered 1846; road opened 1858; receivers appointed 1892; purchased by Southern Railway Company Feb. 26, 1898 but operations kept separate until July 1, 1898)
found: MWA/NAIP files(Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company purchased charter of and absorbed La Grange and Memphis Rail Road Company, 1850)
found: NUCMC data from South Carolina Hist. Soc. for Ann Crosland legal correspondence, 1866-1873(Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company)
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Change Notes
1992-08-22: new
2010-05-28: revised
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