A&M 2694Ruggles Woodbridge & Co. Account and Minute Book, 1799-1831 A&M 2694Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:54:37 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Ruggles & Woodbridge Co. Account and Minute Book Ruggles Woodbridge and Company A&M 2694 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/4550 0.1 Linear Feet 1 in. (1 folder) 1799-1831 An account book of Ruggles Woodbridge & Co., a New England land company with lands in Randolph Co., Virginia, covering the period 1799 to 1831. The volume includes a constitution for the company, dated 4 January 1799, minutes of meetings of the proprietors of the company, which include accounts of land sales of the company and other business matters; an 1811 report by Daniel Stebbins and Jeriel Preston of their inspection trip of the company's lands in which they refer to the settlers as Yankees, natives, and mongrels and claim that one Yankee, in terms of work accomplished, is worth four natives. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English Conditions Governing Access

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Buckhannon (W. Va.) New England Randolph County (W. Va.) Account books Land company records. Land records and papers. Frontier and pioneer life Taxation New England Mississippi Land Company Ruggles Woodbridge and Company Preston, Jeriel. Stebbins, Daniel.