1857 - July 24th - Petersburg Daily S. S. Democrat 2/5. 1/16; Captain B. F. Darracott

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Railroad Agent and Author of Railroad Guide - Captain Benjamin Franklin Darracott - 
a resident of Petersburg 1855 to 1858.

1857 - January 9th Petersburg Daily SS Democrat 3/5. 1/14

Railroad Guide of the South  -  Captain B. F. Darracott sends copy of his "Railroad 
Guide for the Great Southern Mail Line" to S. S. Democrat. "Capt. Ben" an encyclopedia 
of railroads & steamboats.

1857 - July 24th - Petersburg Daily S. S. Democrat 2/5. 1/16

Captain Ben Darracott. This gentleman now in our city is known on every line of Rail Road 
from New York to New Orleans as the best and most enterprising agent in the United States. 
He can tell you everything from the best lawyer, Editor and clothing store in every place 
between the above two cities. He is a perfect traveler’s guide book and has during the 
last ten years gone over 23,000 miles of road, being thus the greatest inland traveler 
in the world. You have only to ask Capt. Ben, and he will put you through anywhere.

Staying at Jarratt’s Hotel (same 1857 paper) B. F. Darracott, United States Mail; M. 
Darracott, Virginia. 2/6

Submitted by:  Mary Jane Thomas Stokes, great-great granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin 
Darracott

mjmickey@worldnet.att.net