Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Blue Ridge Alliance No. 4 Organization Records, 1889-1895. Local Government Records Collection, Page County Court Records, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Page County.

Historical Information

The Blue Ridge Alliance No. 4 was a subgroup of the Page County Farmers' Alliance whose purpose was to promote the economic and political interests of farmers. Membership in the Blue Ridge Alliance No. 4 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.

Scope and Content

Minute book, 1889-1895, of Blue Ridge Alliance No. 4 that records the meetings of the organization's members. Information found in the minutes includes date and place of meetings, number of officers and members present, meeting agenda, brief summaries of committee reports and business discussions, election of officers, and election of individuals applying for membership.

Minute book also includes the quarterly reports, 1890-1894, of the Blue Ridge Alliance copies of which were sent to the Page County Farmers' Alliance. Information found in the quarterly reports includes the number of individuals initiated into the alliance, number demitted, total male membership, total female membership, total membership, and total amount of fees and dues owed to the Page County Farmers' Alliance.

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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