Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Eureka Alliance No. 525 Organization Records, 1889-1891. 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 Eureka Alliance No. 525 was organized on September 20, 1889 in the town of Honeyville. 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 Eureka Alliance No. 525 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

Pages of minute book, 1889-1891, of Eureka Alliance No. 525 that records the meetings of the organization's members. Information found in the minutes includes date of meetings, officers and members present, meeting agenda, brief summaries of committee reports and business discussions, election of individuals applying for membership, election of officers, and lists of members.

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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