Box 1

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Correspondence regarding payment for building of Henry County Jail Pillory and Stocks

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An 1875-1876 program of spirituals sung by the Virginia Choristers, including some original Hampton Singers

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The personal letters in this series provide rich insight into the personalities, attitudes and experiences of the writers. They also indirectly picture the economic and social situation. The business letters provide more direct information on how economic transactions were conducted.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Many of the court records are letters requesting payment or judgments enforcing payment by one plaintiff to another. All of them are prior to the Civil War, and many are dated in the first 15 years of the 19th century. Among them is an incomplete 1829 copy of a land grant made in 1795, perhaps in what was then Patrick County. The voting records of Patrick County are dated 1880 to 1889, and consist of total votes for electors for President and Vice President, State Representatives,...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Many of the court records are letters requesting payment or judgments enforcing payment by one plaintiff to another. All of them are prior to the Civil War, and many are dated in the first 15 years of the 19th century. Among them is an incomplete 1829 copy of a land grant made in 1795, perhaps in what was then Patrick County. The voting records of Patrick County are dated 1880 to 1889, and consist of total votes for electors for President and Vice President, State Representatives,...

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In this series the bond of three men to the governor of Virginia and the concert program sung by former slaves are both of unusual interest.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Many of the court records are letters requesting payment or judgments enforcing payment by one plaintiff to another. All of them are prior to the Civil War, and many are dated in the first 15 years of the 19th century. Among them is an incomplete 1829 copy of a land grant made in 1795, perhaps in what was then Patrick County. The voting records of Patrick County are dated 1880 to 1889, and consist of total votes for electors for President and Vice President, State Representatives,...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

The personal letters in this series provide rich insight into the personalities, attitudes and experiences of the writers. They also indirectly picture the economic and social situation. The business letters provide more direct information on how economic transactions were conducted.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

In this series the bond of three men to the governor of Virginia and the concert program sung by former slaves are both of unusual interest.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Many of the court records are letters requesting payment or judgments enforcing payment by one plaintiff to another. All of them are prior to the Civil War, and many are dated in the first 15 years of the 19th century. Among them is an incomplete 1829 copy of a land grant made in 1795, perhaps in what was then Patrick County. The voting records of Patrick County are dated 1880 to 1889, and consist of total votes for electors for President and Vice President, State Representatives,...