Volume II: Testimony of the Richmond & Danville Railroad (Defendant)., 1892
Content Description
This collection consists of two bound transcripts of the court case filed by Sarah G. Smith against the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company and the Virginia Midland Railway Company.
Testimony describes the setting in Alexandria through which the trains pass. The area around the block of Saint Asaph, Wolfe, Pitt and Wilkes Streets are particularly detailed. References are made to the Wilkes Street tunnel and to local businesses including a dairy, and J. C. Herbert Bryant's fertilizer company. Locations of African American residences, conditions of paved or unpaved streets, and quality of buildings are mentioned. Railroad workers living in Alexandria are interviewed.
Dates
- 1892
Extent
From the Collection: .24 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library Repository