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Luray Alliance No. 316 Organization Records, 1890-1894. Local Government Records Collection, Page County Court Records, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Page County.
The Luray Alliance No. 316 was organized in the town of Luray. It was a subgroup of the Page County Farmers' Alliance whose purpose was to promote the economic and political interests of farmers. Membership in the Luray Alliance No. 316 included men and women.
The minute book was used as an exhibit in a chancery suit, Stoneburner and Richards and others versus Page County Farmers' Alliance and others, heard in the Circuit Court of Page County during the mid-1890's.
Minute book, 1890-1894, of Luray Alliance that records the meetings of the organization's members. Information found in the minutes includes date of meetings, meeting agenda, brief summaries of committee reports and business discussions, election of individuals applying for membership, and list of members, male and female.
For additional information see the Page County Chancery Cause, Stoneburner and Richards and others versus Page County Farmers' Alliance and others. It can be found in the Local Records Collection at the Library of Virginia. The index number is 1899-024.