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Penn Virginia Corporation records
Penn Virginia Corporation was an oil and gas company, incorporated as the Virginia Coal & Iron Company on January 6, 1882. It was one of many firms established by a group of interrelated entrepreneurs headed by John Leisenring (1819-1884), a Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, civil and mining engineer. The name changed to Penn Virigina Corporation in 1967. The records of Penn Virginia Corporation cover the development and operations of the Virginia Coal & Iron Company, a large southern Appalachian land company, with some information on its immediate neighbors and local support facilities.
U.S. Route 1 plat, showing properties
Route 1 is a major north-south U.S. highway extending from Florida to Maine. The plat depicts a small portion of Route 1 between Hamorton and the Anvil Inn, including P.S. du Pont's (1870-1952) Longwood Gardens.
Wawaset Park records
Wawaset Park was a planned community, commissioned by the DuPont Company for its company executives. The records describe the park, its residents, and history through corporate records, maps and deeds of the property, lists of corporate officers and residents, as well as histories of the park, the City of Wilmington, and the state of Delaware.
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- Coke-ovens 1
- Company stores 1
- Distilling, Illicit 1
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- Du Pont family -- Homes and haunts 1
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- Ayers, Rufus A. (Rufus Adolphus), 1849-1926 1
- Blackwood Coal and Coke Company 1
- Boone County Coal Corporation 1
- Clinchfield Coal Corporation 1
- Imboden, John D. (John Daniel), 1823-1895 1
- Kemmerer, John L., 1869-1944 1
- Kemmerer, Mahlon S. 1
- Leisenring family 1
- Leisenring, E. B. (Edward Barnes), 1895-1952 1
- Leisenring, E. B., Jr. (Edward Barnes), 1926-2011 1
- Leisenring, Edward B. (Edward Barnes), 1845-1894 1
- Leisenring, John, 1819-1884 1
- Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, Pa.) 1
- Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company 1
- Mineral Development Company 1
- New York Mining and Manufacturing Company 1
- Norfolk and Western Railway Company 1
- Pardee, Calvin, 1841-1923 1
- Penn Virginia Corporation 1
- Southern Railway (U.S.) 1
- Taggart, John K., 1851-1896 1
- Taggart, Ralph E. (Ralph Enos), 1887-1951 1
- Unknown 1
- Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company 1
- Virginia, Tennessee and Carolina Steel and Iron Company 1
- Wawaset Park Maintenance Corporation 1
- Wentz family 1
- Wentz, Daniel B. (Daniel Bertsch), 1872-1926 1
- Wentz, John S. (John Shriver), 1838-1918 1
- Westmoreland Coal Company 1
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