A Guide to the Radford Iron Company Letterbook, 1870-1873 Radford Iron Company Letterbook, 1870-1873 27811

A Guide to the Radford Iron Company Letterbook, 1870-1873

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the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 27811


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Repository
Library of Virginia
Accession number
27811
Title
Radford Iron Company Letterbook, 1870-1873
Physical Characteristics
1 volume
Physical Location
Business records collection, Acc. 27811
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Radford Iron Company. Letterbook, 1870-1873. Accession 27811, Business records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Radford College Library, 1972.

Biographical/Historical Information

The Radford Iron Company was incorporated 20 March 1867, for the purpose of mining or manufacturing coal, iron, or other ores in Montgomery County, Virginia, near the New River. Members of the company at the time of incorporation included W.E. Eskridge, John Fulton, Edward Hammett, Albert G. Pendleton, and John B. Radford. From internal evidence it appears that the company furnace was located in Pulaski County, Virginia.

Scope and Content Information

Letter book, 1870-1873, concerning orders for supplies and outgoing shipments of iron. The company shipped its products via canal from Lynchburg or by the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. Among the purchasers were the Tredegar Iron Company and the Old Dominion Iron Company of Richmond, and firms in Baltimore, Maryland, New York, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Abstracts of company financial statements are also recorded in the volume.