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Subject:	Packet Boat Marshall (was Nelson County 1861)
From:	"W. Scott Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Sat, 12 Jul 2003 10:28:39 -0400
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> It covers in 32 pages the
> history all the way from George Washington to the rotting hulk of the last
> packet boat, which finally returned to dust near Lynchburg.

I should add that the iron hull of the Packet Boat Marshall has
not -completely-
returned to dust...yet. A portion of it lies in state at Riverside Park (off
of Rivermont Avenue) in Lynchburg.

Scott

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