Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Chapel Alliance No. 5 Organization Records, 1887-1893. 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 Chapel Alliance No. 5 was organized on September 29, 1887 in Luray, Virginia. 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 Chapel Alliance No. 5 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

The Chapel Alliance No. 5 Organization Records consist of an account book and a minute book.

Account book, 1891-1893, of Chapel Alliance No. 5 used to record fees and dues collected on a quarterly basis from the organization's members. Information found in each entry includes date fees or dues were collected, name of member, and amount owed, and amount collected. Volume also records at the end of each quarter the total amount of cash in organization's treasury, total dues and fees collected, expenses paid by organization, dues owed to the county alliance, and total cash on hand. The last two pages of account book include a list of members, male and female.

Minute book, 1887-1891, of Chapel Alliance No. 5 that records the meetings of the organization's members. Information found in the minutes includes date and place of meetings, 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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