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  • In river time : the way of the James / Ann Woodlief ; with a photographic interpretation by John Theilgard.

    • Text
    • Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books, 1985.
    • 1985
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text ITD (James River) 85-2771Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Photographic incidents of the war [graphic] / Gardner's Gallery.

    • Still image
    • Washington, D.C. : Gardner's Gallery, 1862-1865.
    • 1862-1865
    • 1 Resource

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    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/5261fd50-c52e-012f-85ec-58d385a7bc34#/?tab=navigation&roots=5302e210-c52e-012f-4579-58d385a7bc34/0:53bbfde0-c572-012f-5ee0-58d385a7bc34/2:d3b5b150-c573-012f-1fd5-58d385a7bc34/1:3e179c80-c574-012f-c308-58d385a7bc34
  • War views [graphic] / E. & H. T. Anthony.

    • Still image
    • 1861-1865.
    • 1861-1865
    • 1 Resource

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    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/5261fd50-c52e-012f-85ec-58d385a7bc34#/?tab=navigation&roots=5302e210-c52e-012f-4579-58d385a7bc34/0:53bbfde0-c572-012f-5ee0-58d385a7bc34/2:d3b5b150-c573-012f-1fd5-58d385a7bc34/d4341330-c573-012f-2823-58d385a7bc34
  • The War for the Union [graphic] : photographic war history / Taylor & Huntington.

    • Still image
    • 1861-1865, published 1880?-1891?, one view copyright 1904.
    • 1861-1865
    • 1 Resource

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    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/5261fd50-c52e-012f-85ec-58d385a7bc34#/?tab=navigation&roots=5302e210-c52e-012f-4579-58d385a7bc34/0:53bbfde0-c572-012f-5ee0-58d385a7bc34/2:d3b5b150-c573-012f-1fd5-58d385a7bc34/2:52fbc3c0-c574-012f-464f-58d385a7bc34
  • Stereoscopic views of Virginia [graphic].

    • Still image
    • 1865?-1896?
    • 1865-1896
    • 1 Resource

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    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/5261fd50-c52e-012f-85ec-58d385a7bc34#/?tab=navigation&roots=5302e210-c52e-012f-4579-58d385a7bc34/536296d0-c52e-012f-406b-58d385a7bc34/43:522e9d80-c56d-012f-067e-58d385a7bc34/52836150-c56d-012f-bd9b-58d385a7bc34
  • Stereoscopic views of Richmond, Virginia [graphic].

    • Still image
    • 1863?-1910?
    • 1863-1910
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/5261fd50-c52e-012f-85ec-58d385a7bc34#/?tab=navigation&roots=5302e210-c52e-012f-4579-58d385a7bc34/536296d0-c52e-012f-406b-58d385a7bc34/43:522e9d80-c56d-012f-067e-58d385a7bc34/7:0fb294f0-c56e-012f-a90c-58d385a7bc34
  • Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peace and war, by Joseph Pearson Farley ...

    • Text
    • New York Washington, The Neale publishing company, 1910.
    • 1910
    • 1 Item

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    http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081919023
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text IKL (Farley, J. P. Three rivers)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Houseboating on a colonial waterway, by Frank and Cortelle Hutchins; illustrated with many photographs by the authors.

    • Text
    • Boston, L. C. Page & company, 1910.
    • 1910
    • 1 Item

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    http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081882981
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text ITC (Hutchins, F. Houseboating on a colonial waterway)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Vignettes of the James, by Ann Bullington.

    • Text
    • Richmond, Va., Richmond press, inc., 1941.
    • 1941
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text ITD (James River) (Bullington, A. Vignettes of the James)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • The James, by Blair Niles illustrated by Edward Shenton.

    • Text
    • New York, Farrar & Rinehart, inc. [c1939]
    • 1939
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text ITD (James River) (Niles, B. James. 1939)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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    Text NYGB VA. G 18Offsite
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  • The James : from Iron Gate to the sea / by Blair Niles ; illustrated by Edward Shenton.

    • Text
    • New York, Toronto, Rinehart, 1945.
    • 1945
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text ITD (James River) (Niles, B. James. 1945)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • The James : from Iron Gate to the sea / by Blair Niles ; illustrated by Edward Shenton.

    • Text
    • New York ; Toronto : Farrar & Rinehart, 1945
    • 1945
  • Capital Navy : the men, ships and operations of the James River Squadron / John M. Coski.

    • Text
    • Campbell, Calif. : Savas Woodbury Publishers, 1996.
    • 1996
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text IKC 97-12609Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Condition and extent of the oyster beds of James river, Virginia...

    • Text
    • Washington, Govt. print. off., 1910.
    • 1910
    • 1 Item

    Available Online

    http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433006713212
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VRY (Moore, H. F. Condition and extent of the oyster beds)Offsite
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  • The James River Basin, past, present and future / compiled by the James River Project Committee of the Virginia Academy of Science.

    • Text
    • Richmond, Va. : Virginia Academy of Science, 1950.
    • 1950
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text PQW (Virginia academy of science, Richmond, Va. James river project committee. James river basin)Offsite
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  • River of lost opportunities : the Civil War on the James River, 1861-1862 / Ed Bearss.

    • Text
    • Lynchburg, Va. : H.E. Howard, c1995.
    • 1995
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text IKE 98-6825Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Description of Chesterfield County, Va., by W.W. Baker, Commissioner, at the Richmond Exposition, 1888.

    • Text
    • [Manchester, Va., 1888?]
    • 1888
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text ITD p.v. 3 no. 1-9Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Afloat on the James : the historic river of the South / the palace steamer Pocahontas of the Virginia Navigation Company.

    • Text
    • [Richmond? : The Company, ca. 1890.]
    • 1890
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text ITD p.v. 5 no. 1-9Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The lower James : a sketch of certain colonial plantations / by Edward Payson Terhune.

    • Text
    • [New York?] : Privately printed, 1907.
    • 1907
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text IXZ p.v. 483 no. 1-10Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Report of the Commissioners Appointed to View Certain Rivers within the Commonwealth of Virginia, conformable to an act of said Commonwealth, passed the fourteenth day of February, 1814. Printed according to a joint resolution of both houses of the General Assembly, and accompanied by a map, executed under the direction of the executive, in conformity with that resolution.

    • Text
    • [n. p.] Printed ... 1816.
    • 1816
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 3-VDN (Virginia. Commissioners Appointed to View Certain Rivers. Report of the commissioners)Offsite
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  • The James River tourist [microform] : a brief account of historical localities on James River, and sketches of Richmond, Norfolk, and Portsmouth / edited by W.D. Chesterman ; pub. by Lucien B. Tatum, vice president Virginia Steamboat Company ...

    • Text
    • Richmond : Waddey, 1889.
    • 1900-1983
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *ZH IAG p.v. 192-198Offsite
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  • Acts of General Assembly, for clearing and improving the navigation of James river.

    • Text
    • Richmond, Printed by Thomas Nicolson [1793]
    • 1793
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KD 1793 (Virginia. Statutes. Acts of General Assembly, for clearing and improving the navigation of James river)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Afloat on the James.

    • Text
    • New York, The Giles Co. [cop. 1895]
    • 1895
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *ZH IAG p.v. 224-230Offsite
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  • Notes on a journey on the James, together with a guide to old Jamestown. Comp. for A.P.V.A. by William G. Stanard.

    • Text
    • Richmond, Va., Whittet & Shepperson. [1913?]
    • 1913
  • James River, Va. : hearings on the subject of the improvement of James River, Va., held before the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, House of Representatives, Sixty-fourth Congress ... January 18, 1916.

    • Text
    • Washington : G.P.O., 1916.
    • 1916
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDN p.v. 16, no. 9Offsite
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  • James River, Va. : hearings before the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, House of Representatives, Seventy-first Congress, second session, on the subject of the improvement of James River, Va. March 12, 14, 1930.

    • Text
    • Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1930.
    • 1930
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *SBF (United States. Rivers and Harbors Committee (House, 71:2). Hearings)Offsite
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  • Journey on the James : three weeks through the heart of Virginia / Earl Swift.

    • Text
    • Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, c2001.
    • 2001
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text ITD (James River) 01-7655Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • James River, Va. : hearings on the subject of the improvement of the James River, Va., held before the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, House of Representatives, Sixty-third Congress, second session, January 16, 1914.

    • Text
    • Washington : G.P.O., 1914.
    • 1914
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *SBF (United States. Rivers and Harbors Committee (House, 63:2). Hearings) 63 cong. (1914)Offsite
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    Text VDN p.v. 15 no. 1-28Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The river where America began : a journey along the James / Bob Deans.

    • Text
    • Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, c2007.
    • 2007
    • 1 Item

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    http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0618/2006025056.html
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text ITD (James River) 07-3575Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • A young Virginia boatman navigates the Civil War : the journals of George Randolph Wood / compiled and edited by Will Molineux with research assistance from Theresa Hammond ; introductory essay by Scott Nelson.

    • Text
    • Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press : In association with the Port Hampton History Foundation, 2010.
    • 2010
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text IKF (Virginia) 10-6365Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Notes on James River fortifications, circa 1812.

    • Mixed material
    • 181
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material MssCol 19068 U.S. States and Territories box 37Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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  • Report of the principal engineer of the Board of Public Works, on the subject of the survey of James River and its branches, in obedience to a resolution of the General Assembly of the 25th February 1818.

    • Text
    • Richmond : Printed by Thomas Ritchie, 1819.
    • 1819
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 3-VDNA (Virginia. James. Survey of James & Kanawha Rivers)Offsite
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  • Report of the Commissioners Appointed to View Certain Rivers within the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the year 1812.

    • Text
    • [Richmond, Va. : s.n., 1829?]
    • 1829
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDNA (Vifginia. Rivers Commissioners. Report, 1812)Offsite
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  • Report of the principal engineer of the board of public works, on the subject of the survey of James and Kanawha Rivers, and the intermediate country, and an examination of those water courses, and some of their branches, with a view to a further improvement of their navigation : for the purpose of facilitating a commercial communication between the Eastern and Western waters of Virginia / to which is subjoined the report of the additional engineer on the same subject.

    • Text
    • Richmond : Thomas Ritchie, 1819.
    • 1819
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 3-VDNA (James) (Virginia. Survey of James and Kanawha Rivers) pt. 3-4 (1819-20)Offsite
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  • Map showing the approaches to Richmond and Petersburg Va. via York and James Rivers : compiled in the Bureau of Topl. Engrs. from the best authorities, April 1862.

    • Cartographic
    • [Washington, D.C.] : [Corps of Topographical Engineers], [1862]
    • 1862
    • 1 Item

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6c04f180-7fed-0133-1ad1-00505686a51c
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Cartographic Map Div. 15-445Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117

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  • Journey on the James [electronic resource] : three weeks through the heart of Virginia / Earl Swift.

    • Text
    • Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, c2001.
    • 2001
    • 2 Resources

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  • [Copy of a ms. map of a portion of S.E. Virginia reprensenting the James, York, and Rappahannock Rivers and part of Chesapeake Bay : entitled "Memorandum sent from London, England, 10th Sept. 1608 by Zuniga to the King of Spain"].

    • Cartographic
    • [Boston, Mass.] : [Houghton, Mifflin and Co.], [1890]
    • 1890
    • 1 Item

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9f55ccc0-52ce-0135-2378-03d92f28f2d3
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Cartographic Map Div. 17-686Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117

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  • Map of James River, Virginia and vicinity : James River day route between Richmond, Old Point Comfort, Portsmouth, Norfolk, Newport News, Jamestown, and James River landings / Virginia Navigation Company ; drawn by E.A. Barber, Jr.

    • Cartographic
    • [Richmond, Va.?] : Virginia Navigation Company, [1899]
    • 1899
    • 1 Item

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4badcef0-68bd-0135-02a4-000cfdcd241c
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Cartographic Map Div. 17-704Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117

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  • Preliminary chart of James River, Virginia : from Richmond to City Point, including the Appomattox River from Petersburg to the junction : from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States.

    • Cartographic
    • [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey, 1855.
    • 1855
    • 1 Item

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/56a38f90-47ee-0136-d2fe-51de6ffc9954
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Cartographic Map Div. 17-701Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117

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  • A map and chart of those parts of the Bay of Chesapeak, York and James rivers which are at present the seat of war / Jno. Lodge, sc.

    • Cartographic
    • London : Published as the Act directs 30th Novr., 1781, by J. Bew, Pater Noster Row, [1781]
    • 1781
    • 1 Item

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6311dd30-6bcd-0135-20c9-0bbb2f1c8b3a
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Cartographic Map Div. 17-699Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117

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  • Preliminary chart of Hampton Roads and James River entrance.

    • Cartographic
    • [Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. Coast Survey], 1863.
    • 1863
    • 1 Item

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/75b08350-6e42-0135-7e6e-6510adc1e34a
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Cartographic Map Div. 17-719Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117

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  • Historic guide Richmond and James River.

    • Text
    • [Richmond?], [1954]
    • 1954
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JX 22-12509Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • The James / by Blair Niles illustrated by Edward Shenton.

    • Text
    • New York : Farrar & Rinehart, inc., [1939], [©1939]
    • 1939-1939
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 979.4J23 N59Off-site
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  • The James River tourist. : A brief account of historical localities on James River / Prepared by W. D. Chesterman. Pub. by L. B. Tatum, supt. of the Virginia Steamboat Co.

    • Text
    • Richmond : Dispatch Steam Print. House, 1879.
    • 1879
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 979.4J231 C421Off-site
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  • The James River Basin, past, present and future / compiled by the James River Project Committee of the Virginia Academy of Science.

    • Text
    • Richmond, Va. : Virginia Academy of Science, 1950.
    • 1950
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 979.4J231 V81Off-site
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  • Houseboating on a colonial waterway / by Frank and Cortelle Hutchins; illustrated with many photographs by the authors.

    • Text
    • Boston : L. C. Page & company, 1910.
    • 1910
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 979.4 H97Off-site
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  • The physiography of the upper James River basin in Virginia / by Frank J. Wright ...

    • Text
    • Charlottesville : University of Virginia, 1925.
    • 1925
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 378.7CZO W932Off-site
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  • Proposed development of the James River.

    • Text
    • [Richmond], 1948.
    • 1948
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 627.1 V8193Off-site
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  • Journey on the James : three weeks through the heart of Virginia / Earl Swift.

    • Text
    • Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, [2001], ©2001.
    • 2001-2001
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text F232.J2 S9 2001Off-site
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  • In river time : the way of the James / Ann Woodlief ; with a photographic interpretation by John Theilgard.

    • Text
    • Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books, 1985.
    • 1985
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text F232.J2 W66 1985Off-site
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