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Provenance

From the Fritz and Loretta Orebaugh estate, New Market, Virginia.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], [box #, folder #], New Market Poll Book, 1870 May 26, SC 0356, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.

Acquisition Information

Acquired at Jeffrey S. Evans's Summer Americana & Variety Auction on August 24, 2019.

Scope and Contents

The collection comprises one poll book for the May 26, 1870 election in New Market, Virginia. Candidates for eight offices (Supervisor, Township Clerk, Assessor, Collector, Commissioner of Roads, Overseer of the Poor, Justice of the Peace, Constables) were on the ballot. The poll book lists the name of each elector as well as the candidates, the office for which each candidate was running, and the number of votes for each candidate. Solomon D. Henkel, John G. Zirkle, and Francis E. Rice served as election judges. George W. Kennedy and George M. Neese were election clerks.

Related Material

New Market Poll Books, 1873-1879, SC 0109, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.

George M. Neese Papers, SC 0355, 1859-1946, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Elections -- Virginia -- History -- Sources
• Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
• Neese, George M. (George Michael), 1839-1921
• New Market (Va.) -- History -- 19th century
• New Market (Va.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century
• Voters' lists
• Voting registers -- Virginia -- New Market