B,E,&D baggage tag

[dirtfisher1127]

B,E,&D baggage tag

Here's an old baggage tag from a packet boat which traveled the James River Canal from Richmond, Va. to Lynchburg, Va. and back during the mid 1800's. Ironically, this makes the second of these I have found. There are only two others that have been documented to the best of my knowledge. I consider myself extremely lucky!

 

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[James from TN]

Re: B,E,&D baggage tag

That is a excellent tag!

 

[Desertvet]

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I'm not a relic-type guy...but I do have to say that this tag really is neat! Congrats, and thanks for sharing!!!

 

[creskol]

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That's a great find. Did you have that featured on Scottsville Museum's website?

 

[romeo-1]

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Cool find!

 

[dirtfisher1127]

Re: B,E,&D baggage tag

That is a excellent tag!

Thanks so much!

 

[dirtfisher1127]

Re: B,E,&D baggage tag

That's a great find. Did you have that featured on Scottsville Museum's website?

Thank you, and yes--one is on display at the museum as well as details on this one.

 

[dirtfisher1127]

Re: B,E,&D baggage tag

I'm not a relic-type guy...but I do have to say that this tag really is neat! Congrats, and thanks for sharing!!!

Thanks very much!

 

[creskol]

Re: B,E,&D baggage tag

That's a great find. Did you have that featured on Scottsville Museum's website?

Thank you, and yes--one is on display at the museum as well as details on this one.

Very cool .. are you in the Scottsville area?
The little write-up on the page is fascinating!
Here is the link for others to enjoy as well: http://smuseum.avenue.org/ourhistory/home.html

 

[kayden]

Re: B,E,&D baggage tag

Never say "Lucky" It was your research & skill with a detector that got you this keeper!

 

[Mackaydon]

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The BE&D initials stand for the initials of Boyd, Edmunds, and Davenport, the dominant packet (passenger) boat company on the James River and Kanawha Canal which was organized in March 1842.
Source: http://smuseum.avenue.org/ourhistory/home.html
as referred to above.
Don....

 

[jewelerguy]

Re: B,E,&D baggage tag

super cool find

 

[dirtfisher1127]

Re: B,E,&D baggage tag

That's a great find. Did you have that featured on Scottsville Museum's website?

Thank you, and yes--one is on display at the museum as well as details on this one.

Very cool .. are you in the Scottsville area?
The little write-up on the page is fascinating!
Here is the link for others to enjoy as well: http://smuseum.avenue.org/ourhistory/home.html

Yes, I've lived in Scottsville all my life.

 

[dirtfisher1127]

Re: B,E,&D baggage tag

Never say "Lucky" It was your research & skill with a detector that got you this keeper!

Thanks for the perk, but sometimes I do get lucky--I had just turned on the detector and tripped over a log....when the head of the detector hit the ground, it registered this find! Still, after forty years of enjoying this hobby, even a blind hog finds an acorn every now and then.

 

[dirtfisher1127]

Re: B,E,&D baggage tag

The BE&D initials stand for the initials of Boyd, Edmunds, and Davenport, the dominant packet (passenger) boat company on the James River and Kanawha Canal which was organized in March 1842.
Source: http://smuseum.avenue.org/ourhistory/home.html
as referred to above.
Don....

Thanks so much, Don (and also to anyone who posted and I missed thanking!)

 

[creskol]

Re: B,E,&D baggage tag

That's a great find. Did you have that featured on Scottsville Museum's website?

Thank you, and yes--one is on display at the museum as well as details on this one.

Very cool .. are you in the Scottsville area?
The little write-up on the page is fascinating!
Here is the link for others to enjoy as well: http://smuseum.avenue.org/ourhistory/home.html

Yes, I've lived in Scottsville all my life.

Surprised we haven't crossed paths over the years .. or maybe we have. I don't live there but hunted there quite a bit in the years gone by. Haven't been there much in the past several years, though.

 

[dirtfisher1127]

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creskol,
I'm surprised we haven't met too--or maybe we did and didn't know it! If you want to, you can send a PM and I will send along my email address. If not, no problem!

 

[Steve in PA]

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That is great tag. You don't see too many canal tags. If they were incorporated in 1842, the railroads put them out of business soon afterward.

 

[The Patriot]

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Great tag...

 

[dirtfisher1127]

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That is great tag. You don't see too many canal tags. If they were incorporated in 1842, the railroads put them out of business soon afterward.

Thanks, Steve, and also Patriot. Jack. ( If you ever hear of any others turning up, please notify the Virginia Canals and Navigation Society--they're very anxious to hear about these. You would think many more would have been found, but so far only four have been documented.)