Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Mill Run Alliance No. 22 Organization Records, 1888-1894. 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 Mill Run Alliance No. 22 was organized on February 7, 1888 in the community of Mill Run. 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 Mill Run Alliance No. 22 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 Mill Run Alliance No. 22 Organization Records consist of an account book and a minute book.

Account book, 1888-1894, of Mill Run Alliance No. 22 used to record fees and dues collected on a quarterly basis from the organization's members. Information found in each entry includes quarters fees or dues were owed, name of member, amount owed, and amount collected.

Minute book, 1888-1894, of Mill Run Alliance No. 22 that records the meetings of the organization's members. Information found in the minutes includes date of meetings, number and names of members present, brief summaries of committee reports and business discussions, election of individuals applying for membership, election of officers, and lists of male and female 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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