A Guide to the Caffrey and Carpenter versus Wellington Gordon exhibit book, 1847-1854 Caffrey and Carpenter versus Wellington Gordon exhibit book, 1847-1854
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Caffrey and Carpenter versus Wellington Gordon exhibit book, 1847-1854. Local government records collection, Fauquier County
Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Fauquier County.
An act of the General Assembly passed 9 February 1811 authorized formation of the Rappahannock Company for the purpose of
opening and improving navigation of the Rappahannock River from the basin at Fredericksburg to the mouth of Carter's Run in
Fauquier County. Construction on the canal was intermittent over the next thirty years due to natural and financial obstacles.
Wellington Gordon was hired as contractor to complete the project but resigned in 1847 November after a severe flood caused
serious damage to the canal. Caffrey and Carpenter was one of the companies contracted by Gordon to work on the Rappahannock
Canal.
Caffrey and Carpenter versus Wellington Gordon exhibit book, 1847-1854, records contracts, proposals from various companies,
and specifications related to the construction of dams and locks for a canal along the Rappahannock River. It was used as
evidence to prove Gordon's failure to complete construction of the canal.