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A Settlement Map of Wythe County, Virginia, Giving the Names and Locations of Many of the Early Adventurers in the Territory from 1745 to 1858 (historical map) (2 copies) 0.1 Cubic Feet 25 x 31.5 in. (2 maps)

Hildebrand, J. R.
This historical map of Wythe County, Virginia, was compiled from maps, historical records, and traditions by J. R. Hildebrand. It contains a brief history of the county surrounding the map, and on the map are identified locations for incidents of historical interest. The map is bordered by a list of names of men who, presumably, lived in the county. The bottom left corner contains a map of smaller scale, so one can find Wythe County in wouthwestern Virginia.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Montgomery County Branch Papers ca. 9 Cubic Feet 13 boxes; 7 oversize folders; 1 oversize roll

Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) (1889-2009)
The records largely document the recent history of Smithfield Plantation, ancestral home of the Preston family, focusing particularly on its restoration beginning in 1962. While much of the renovation occurred in the 1960s, many of the records detail other renovation projects done in the 1970s and 1980s. The collection also includes historical and other related documents dating from before the original Preston family's residence at Smithfield.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

A Survey of the Northern Neck of Virginia (reproduction) 0.1 Cubic Feet 18 x 26 in.

Warner, John
Full title reads: "A Survey of the Northern Neck of Virginia, Being the Lands Belonging to the Rt. Honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax Baron Cameron, Bounded by and Within the Bay of Chesapoyocke and Between the Rivers Rappahannock and Potowmack with: The Courses of the Rivers Rappahannock and Potowmack, in Virginia as Surveyed According to Order in the Years 1736 and 1737." Facsimile numbered, certified, and dated.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Attorney's Suit and Collection Record 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

The Attorney's Suit and Collection Record is a business log covering litigation for the area of Blacksburg, Virginia, during the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. The author remains unknown, but prominent Blacksburg families and institutions appear in the record, such as the Black family, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and the Bank of Blacksburg.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Augustus Smith Family Collection 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Smith, Augustus
The Augustus Smith Family Collection consists of two letters--one (1864) from Smith in Greenville, Tennessee, to his mother, and another (1866) to General Alex E. Smith, his father, in Rural Mount, Virginia, from an unknown person, as well as newspaper clippings and genealogy materials concerning the American Civil War and other topics.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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