Virginia Manufacturing and Trading Company Minute Book, 1882-1884

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888

Summary

Creator:
Richmond (Va.) Circuit Court
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Virginia Manufacturing and Trading Company Minute Book, 1882-1884, records the meetings of the company's board of directors and stockholders. Early entries document the formation of the board of directors, creation of by-laws, and the purchase of land for the company's two factories in Richmond and Petersburg. Later meetings include profit and loss statements. The final entries in March 1884 outline plans to liquidate the company after a suit was filed by D. N. Walker and Company in the Richmond Circuit Court.

Biographical / historical:

Chartered in July 1882, the Virginia Manufacturing and Trading Company was engaged in the manufacturing and selling of cigars and cigarettes in Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia. The company sold George Campbell and Company's tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes and John H. Bryant and Company's Virginia sumac and quercitron bark. Officers of the company included J. R. Stebbins, president; George Campbell, general manager; and R. Colston, secretary and treasurer. After incurring debt and facing legal proceedings, the company dissolved in March 1884.

Acquisition information:
This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Richmond.
Physical location:
State Records Center - Archives Annex, Library of Virginia
Physical description:
1 v.