Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use
The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation
Commonwealth of Virginia Tax Act Amendment Broadside (WLU Coll. 0497), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase
Content Description
This collection consists of a broadside printed by Virginia printer Thomas Ritchie in 1817 describing a Virginia Assembly act passed on February 20, 1817 which established a means of financing a newly established "Literary Fund" that was created to raise money for public education within the Commonwealth.