Series III: Virginia State Farmer's Alliance Records, 1889-1894

Extent:

1 volume.

Scope and content:

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.

Physical location:

Library of Virginia

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