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Bigler-Sessler-John Family Papers

0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box
Abstract Or Scope
The collection contains correspondence, legal documents, and accounting receipts and records relating to the Bigler, Sessler, and John families of southwest Virginia.
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Bigler-Sessler-John Family Papers 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box

Francis Bell Letter

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This collection contains a letter from Francis Bell (1820-1893), a cattle dealer from Augusta County, Virginia, to Major James R. Kent, an enslaver and plantation owner in Montgomery County, Virginia. In the letter dated October 18, 1860, Bell asks Kent to sell him his stock of cattle directly rather than going through the firm of Crouse and [Sons?].
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Francis Bell Letter 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Henry Whitman Papers

0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
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This collections contains papers and letters addressed to Henry Whitman, the Justice of the Peace for Wythe County, Virginia, in the mid-1800s. Most documents contain information about different legal dispitutes and issues. Two relate to the purchasing of a bridle and of leather, and another letter relates information about the American Civil War.
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Henry Whitman Papers 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Historical Maps Collection

45 Cubic Feet 13 flat file drawers
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A collection of maps depicting geographic features, transportation routes, geological composition, historical settlements, themes, property divisions, and political boundaries, ranging in geographic scope from local (Virginia Tech campus maps) to global (world maps).
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Historical Maps Collection 45 Cubic Feet 13 flat file drawers

Isaac Horne Ledgers

1.4 Cubic Feet 1 box
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This collection contains seven ledgers and one letter from the estate of Isaac Horne (1801-1878) of Glade Spring, Washington County, Virginia. The ledgers show the Hornes owned a dry goods, fabric and tanning business. Transactions are recorded selling leather items to Confederate Soldiers during the American Civil War.
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Isaac Horne Ledgers 1.4 Cubic Feet 1 box

Shugart Family Papers,

0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box
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This collection contains papers from the Shugart Family of Southwest Virginia, created between 1811 and 1876.
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Shugart Family Papers, 0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box

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