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Preferred Citation

Hamburg Alliance No. 6 Organization Records, 1887-1894. Local Government Records Collection, Page County Court Records, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

These materials came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Page County.

Historical Information

The Hamburg Alliance No. 6 was organized on September 30, 1887 in the town of Hamburg. It was a subgroup of the Page County Farmers' Alliance whose goal was to promote the economic and political interests of farmers. Membership in the Hamburg Alliance No. 6 included men and women.

The account book and minute book were used as exhibits 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.

Scope and Content Information

The Hamburg Alliance No. 6 Organization Records consist of an account book and a minute book.

Account book, 1888-1894, of Hamburg Alliance No. 6 used to record on a quarterly basis membership attendance and fees and dues collected from members. Information found in each entry includes name of member, dates of meetings, attendance or absence, and remaks concerning payment of dues. Volume also records the activities of the organization's treasurer. Each entry lists date of transaction, cash received from dues and fees collected, and cash paid out for expenses and dues owed to the county alliance, and total cash on hand.

Minute book, 1887-1893, of Hamburg Alliance No. 6 that records the meetings of the organization's members. Information found in the minutes includes date and place of meetings, names of officers and members present, meeting agenda, brief summaries of committee reports and business discussions, election of officers, election of individuals applying for membership, and list of members, male and female.

Related Material

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.

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