David S. Pierce Papers 1877

Access and use

Location of collection:
Wytheville Community College
F.B. Kegley Library
Wytheville Community College
Smyth Hall, Room 103
1000 East Main Street
Wytheville, VA 24382
Contact for questions and access:
POC: William A. “Bill” Veselik
Phone: (276) 223-4876
POC: George Mattis
Phone: (276) 223-4744
Fax: (276) 223-4745
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

David S. Pierce Papers, Accession # 1997.4, Special Collections, Kegley Library, Wytheville Community College, Wytheville, VA

Summary

Language:
English
Abstract:
Preferred citation:

David S. Pierce Papers, Accession # 1997.4, Special Collections, Kegley Library, Wytheville Community College, Wytheville, VA

Background

Scope and content:

The Papers consist of three letters written by attorney David S. Pierce seeking reimbursements for debts owed by Stuart and Palmer, Inc. and Holston Salt and Plaster Company. In two letters, dated 3 December 1877 and 29 December 1877, Pierce exhorts George W. Palmer to send him funds. Pierce writes his uncle [unknown] in a 29 December 1877 letter that unless he receives funds to cover debts owed by Stuart and Palmer "my personal property will be sold at sacrifice." Also included in this collection are three broadsides advertising land for sale in Cripple Creek, Virginia and Wytheville, Virginia in 1886.

Biographical / historical:

David S. Pierce was born on 17 August 1846. As a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute he fought at the Battle of New Market in May 1864. He practiced law in Wytheville, Virginia and died on 3 December 1893.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Mary B. Kegley in 1993.
Custodial history:

The Papers originally comprised part of a collection of miscelleaneous documents discovered by William Hall of Wytheville, Virginia. Hall subsequently gave these documents to Mary B. Kegley

Physical location:
Physical description:
6 items.