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Preferred Citation:
Blakemore Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Papers, mostly accounts, of Nathan L. and Henry Blakemore, of Sangerville, Augusta County, Va., but including correspondence
from commission merchants in Richmond, Lynchburg, Winchester, Staunton, Alexandria, and Fredericksburg, Va. and Baltimore,
Md. Many letters are from Emmanuel Grove of Luray, Va. and concern the Shenandoah Iron Works run by Nathan L. Blakemore. Includes
receipts from railroad and water transportation companies.
Accounts, correspondence, printed ephemera, legal papers, memorandum books, and photograph
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1
Accounts
1868
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
Correspondence
1847-1879
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3
Ephemera
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4
Legal papers
1848-1872
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5
Memorandum books
1851-1868, undated
Photograph of William H. Hare
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Box 6
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1
Accounts
1869
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2
Accounts
1870-1879
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3
Accounts
1880-1889
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4
Accounts
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5
Accounts
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7
Box 7
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Volume: 1
Daybook
1836-1838
Scope and Contents
Day book of Henry Blakemore, merchant, at Mount Solon, Augusta County, Virginia. 1 Nov. 1836 - 1 March 1838. 471 pp. 15 3/4
x 6 1/2 inches.
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Volume: 2
Daybook
1860
Scope and Contents
Day book of Henry Blakemore, merchant, at Mount Solon, Augusta County, Virginia, 25 July 1845 - 28 May 1846. Volume also contains
the Day book of James T. Clarke & Co., merchants, at Mount Solon, 8 May 1846 - 12 July 1848. 639 pp. 15 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches.
Mixed Materials Box: 8
Box 8
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Volume: 1
Daybook
1845-1846
Scope and Contents
Day book of N. L. Blakemore, merchant, Sangerville, Augusta County, Virginia. 1 June 1860 - 29 December 1860. 620 pp. 12 1/4
x 8 1/4 inches.
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Volume: 2
Daybook
1846-1848
Scope and Contents
Day book of N. L. Blakemore, merchant, Sangerville, Augusta County, Virginia. 29 December 1860 - 28 December 1881. 624 pp.,
12 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches.