Description
TK collection Item 6: Richmond and York River Railroad Company, Richmond, [Virginia], to George W[ashington] P[arke]Custis, 18 August 1855. PDS, informing Custis of a Commissioners meeting in King William County for ascertaining a just compensation for landowners along the railroad line; ADS, [on reverse] Custis empowering Nelson to act on his behalf at the Commissioners meeting. Extent: 2 pages. http://scdb.swem.wm.edu/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=6800&q=George+Washington+Parke+Custis Papers, 1832-1856, of George Washington Parke Custis of Arlington. The collection is mostly letters written to Francis Nelson, his farm manager at White House, New Kent County, Virginia concerning growing and marketing crops, agricultural improvements, the effect of the proposed Richmond and York River Railroad on the plantation, and Robert E. Lee.
