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These organization records in some cases were simply stored in the local court building for safe keeping by business owners. In other cases, organization records (particularly ledgers, account books, etc.) may have been filed in a court case as an exhibit. These organization record exhibits appeared both in chancery causes and in judgments, these records serving as exhibits for business dissolution cases, debt suits, and contract disputes.","Locality History:  Chesterfield County was named for Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth earl of Chesterfield, British statesman and diplomat, and was formed from Henrico County in 1749. The county seat is Chesterfield Court House. Part of Henrico County was added to Chesterfield in 1922.\n","Prior to 2025, the various organization records in this collection were originally described as individual records, but they have been consolidated into one large organization record for the locality. 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The volume contains a list of \"receipts from incidental sources for school and county purposes,\" 1914-1915; Jolly Club accounts, 1921-1923; a summary of expenses and receipts for dances, April to June (year not given); an unidentified list of names and addresses, and Jolly Club financial reports, May 1921 to April 1922.","The list of school receipts from incidental sources includes receipts for donations to the Matoaca Literary Fund and the Dale District Literary Fund. The Jolly Club financial reports are loose leaves tucked into front of the ledger. They document expenses paid for music, lights, electricity, lumber, chairs, taxes, etc. Also tucked into the front of the ledger is a ticket to \"attend dances given by Jolly Club at Stop 21, Petersburg Pike, for the season for 1921.\"","Scope and Content: The Virginia State Farmers' Alliance Records consist of a secretary book. The volume was a quarterly record of the dues paid by Alliance members, male and female, in each branch in the county. The branches were: Dry Bridge, Robious, Midlothian, Bermuda, Cedar Hill, Centre, Skinquarter, Otterdale, Clover Hill, Port Walthall, and Broad Rock. Also included is a letter fromthe Secretary-Treasurer of the Virginia Alliance, 1898; and statements of account, 1892.","Historical Information: The Farmers Alliance began in Texas in 1876 and expanded to Virginia in the 1880s. By 1890, there were more than 30,000 members in 85 branches in Virginia. The Alliance worked to promote higher commodity prices through collective action by groups of individual farmers.","Scope and Content: Includes boxes containing material identified as organization records. These records may be flat filed or foldered but not fully processed.","The Chesterfield County (Va.) 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The volume was a quarterly record of the dues paid by Alliance members, male and female, in each branch in the county. The branches were: Dry Bridge, Robious, Midlothian, Bermuda, Cedar Hill, Centre, Skinquarter, Otterdale, Clover Hill, Port Walthall, and Broad Rock. Also included is a letter fromthe Secretary-Treasurer of the Virginia Alliance, 1898; and statements of account, 1892.","Historical Information: The Farmers Alliance began in Texas in 1876 and expanded to Virginia in the 1880s. By 1890, there were more than 30,000 members in 85 branches in Virginia. The Alliance worked to promote higher commodity prices through collective action by groups of individual farmers.","Scope and Content: Includes boxes containing material identified as organization records. These records may be flat filed or foldered but not fully processed.","The Chesterfield County (Va.) 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These organization records in some cases were simply stored in the local court building for safe keeping by business owners. In other cases, organization records (particularly ledgers, account books, etc.) may have been filed in a court case as an exhibit. These organization record exhibits appeared both in chancery causes and in judgments, these records serving as exhibits for business dissolution cases, debt suits, and contract disputes.","Locality History:  Chesterfield County was named for Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth earl of Chesterfield, British statesman and diplomat, and was formed from Henrico County in 1749. The county seat is Chesterfield Court House. Part of Henrico County was added to Chesterfield in 1922.\n","Prior to 2025, the various organization records in this collection were originally described as individual records, but they have been consolidated into one large organization record for the locality. 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The volume contains a list of \"receipts from incidental sources for school and county purposes,\" 1914-1915; Jolly Club accounts, 1921-1923; a summary of expenses and receipts for dances, April to June (year not given); an unidentified list of names and addresses, and Jolly Club financial reports, May 1921 to April 1922.","The list of school receipts from incidental sources includes receipts for donations to the Matoaca Literary Fund and the Dale District Literary Fund. The Jolly Club financial reports are loose leaves tucked into front of the ledger. They document expenses paid for music, lights, electricity, lumber, chairs, taxes, etc. Also tucked into the front of the ledger is a ticket to \"attend dances given by Jolly Club at Stop 21, Petersburg Pike, for the season for 1921.\"","Scope and Content: The Virginia State Farmers' Alliance Records consist of a secretary book. 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The volume contains a list of \"receipts from incidental sources for school and county purposes,\" 1914-1915; Jolly Club accounts, 1921-1923; a summary of expenses and receipts for dances, April to June (year not given); an unidentified list of names and addresses, and Jolly Club financial reports, May 1921 to April 1922.","The list of school receipts from incidental sources includes receipts for donations to the Matoaca Literary Fund and the Dale District Literary Fund. The Jolly Club financial reports are loose leaves tucked into front of the ledger. They document expenses paid for music, lights, electricity, lumber, chairs, taxes, etc. Also tucked into the front of the ledger is a ticket to \"attend dances given by Jolly Club at Stop 21, Petersburg Pike, for the season for 1921.\"","Scope and Content: The Virginia State Farmers' Alliance Records consist of a secretary book. The volume was a quarterly record of the dues paid by Alliance members, male and female, in each branch in the county. The branches were: Dry Bridge, Robious, Midlothian, Bermuda, Cedar Hill, Centre, Skinquarter, Otterdale, Clover Hill, Port Walthall, and Broad Rock. Also included is a letter fromthe Secretary-Treasurer of the Virginia Alliance, 1898; and statements of account, 1892.","Historical Information: The Farmers Alliance began in Texas in 1876 and expanded to Virginia in the 1880s. By 1890, there were more than 30,000 members in 85 branches in Virginia. The Alliance worked to promote higher commodity prices through collective action by groups of individual farmers.","Scope and Content: Includes boxes containing material identified as organization records. These records may be flat filed or foldered but not fully processed.","The Chesterfield County (Va.) 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